Job 9:27 Go deeper
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If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: (KJV)
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אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Job 9:27 word 1
אָ֭מְרִי'A.me.rito say I
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Job 9:27 word 2
אֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה'esh.ke.ChahI will forget
Lemma: שָׁכַח (sha.khach) · Strong's: H7911
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqc1cs)
Meaning: to forget
Used 102 times. Also: Genesis 27:45, Genesis 40:23, Genesis 41:30, Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 4:23, Deuteronomy 4:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7911; TAHOT Job 9:27 word 3
שִׂיחִ֑יsi.Chicomplaint my
Lemma: שִׂיחַ (si.ach) · Strong's: H7879
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: complaint
Used 14 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:16, 1 Kings 18:27, 2 Kings 9:11, Job 7:13, Job 10:1, Job 21:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7879; TAHOT Job 9:27 word 4
אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה'e.'ez.VahI will let loose
Lemma: עָזַב (a.zav) · Strong's: H5800C
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqc1cs)
Meaning: to leave: release
Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 23:5, Deuteronomy 32:36, 1 Kings 14:10, 1 Kings 21:21, 2 Kings 9:8, 2 Kings 14:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5800C; TAHOT Job 9:27 word 5
פָנַ֣יfa.Naiface my
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face
Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Job 9:27 word 6
וְאַבְלִֽיגָה\׃ve.'av.Li.gahand I will be cheerful
Lemma: בָּלַג (ba.lag) · Strong's: H1082
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhc1cs)
Meaning: be cheerful
Used 4 times. Also: Job 10:20, Psalms 39:13, Amos 5:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1082; TAHOT Job 9:27 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If | → | אִם H0518A if |
| I were to say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| I will forget | → | שָׁכַח H7911 to forget |
| my complaint | → | שִׂיחַ H7879 complaint |
| [and] change | → | עָזַב H5800C to leave: release |
| my expression | → | פָּנֶה H6440H face |
| and smile | → | בָּלַג H1082 be cheerful |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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