Job 21:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם־זָכַ֥רְתִּי וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּי וְאָחַ֥ז בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗י פַּלָּצֽוּת׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾim-zākartî wə-nibhāltî wə-ʾāḥaz bəśārî pallāṣût

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾim*: conjunctive waw + conditional particle - and if
*zākartî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I remember
*wə-nibhāltî*: conjunctive waw + Niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I am dismayed/terrified
*wə-ʾāḥaz*: conjunctive waw + Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and seizes
*bəśārî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my flesh
*pallāṣût*: noun feminine singular - shuddering/trembling

Word Meanings

*zākar*: to remember/recall
*bāhal*: to be dismayed/terrified/startled
*ʾāḥaz*: to grasp/seize/hold
*bāśār*: flesh/body
*pallāṣût*: shuddering/trembling/horror

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Ps 77:3 : 3 I remembered{H8799)} God, and was troubled{H8799)}: I complained{H8799)}, and my spirit was overwhelmed{H8691)}. Selah.
Ps 88:15 : 15 I am afflicted and ready to die{H8802)} from my youth up: while I suffer{H8804)} thy terrors I am distracted{H8799)}.
Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Lam 3:19-20 : 19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Hab 3:16 : 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

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