Job 7:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מָֽה־אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ

Transliteration

What-'ĕnôsh that ṯĕgaddĕlennû and that-ṯāshîṯ to him your libbêḵā

Grammar Details

*māh*: interrogative pronoun - what?
*'ĕnôsh*: noun, masculine singular - man/mankind
*kî*: conjunction - that/because
*ṯĕgaddĕlennû*: verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you magnify him
*wĕ*: conjunction - and
*ṯāshîṯ*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you set/place
*'êlāyw*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him/toward him
*libbêḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart

Word Meanings

*'ĕnôsh*: man/mankind/mortal human
*ṯĕgaddĕlennû*: you magnify him/you make him great/you exalt him
*ṯāshîṯ*: you set/you place/you direct
*libbêḵā*: your heart/your mind/your attention

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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

Heb 2:6 : 6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Ps 8:4 : 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Ps 144:3 : 3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
1 Sam 24:14 : 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
Job 7:12 : 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

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