Job 19:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫כִּ֣י תֹ֭אמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־ל֑וֹ וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ דָּ֝בָ֗ר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃‬

Transliteration

kî tōʾmərū mah-nirdāp-lô wə-šōreš dābār nimṣāʾ-bî

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because/when
*tōʾmərū*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you say
*mah-nirdāp-lô*: interrogative + niphal imperfect, 1st person plural + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - how shall we pursue him
*wə-šōreš*: waw conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct - and root of
*dābār*: noun common masculine singular - matter
*nimṣāʾ-bî*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - is found in me

Word Meanings

*ʾāmar*: to say/speak/command
*rādap*: to pursue/chase/persecute
*šōreš*: root/base
*dābār*: word/matter/thing
*māṣāʾ*: to find/discover/meet

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 19:22 : 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Ps 69:26 : 26 For they persecute{H8804)} him whom thou hast smitten{H8689)}; and they talk{H8762)} to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
1 Kgs 14:13 : 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

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