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Job 29:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”

Job 29:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 29:167 words
HebrewMeaning
אָ֣בʾāb
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
אָ֭נֹכִֽיʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
לָֽ/אֶבְיוֹנִ֑יםlāʾebəywōniym
beggarpronH34
needy · poor
וְ/רִ֖בwərib
causeconjH7379
adversary · chiding · contend · controversy ···
לֹאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָדַ֣עְתִּיyādaʿətiy
acknowledgeverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
אֶחְקְרֵֽ/הוּʾeḥəqərēhw
find outverbH2713
search · seek · sound · try
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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