Job 15:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?”

Job 15:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 15:168 words

HebrewMeaning

אַ֭ףʾap

alsoparticleH637

although · and (furthermore · yet) · but ···

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

נִתְעָ֥בnitəʿāb

abhorverbH8581

(be · commit more · do) abominable · utterly

וְֽ/נֶאֱלָ֑חwəneʾĕlāḥ

become filthyconjH444

אִישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

שֹׁתֶ֖הšōteh

banquetverbH8354

assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···

כַ/מַּ֣יִםkamayim

waterpronH4325

piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···

עַוְלָֽהʿawəlāh

iniquitynounH5766

perverseness · unjust · unrighteousness; wicked

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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