Hebrew Interlinear

Job 17:6 Interlinear

“He hath made me also a byword of the people I was as a tabret and aforetime ”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְֽ֭הִצִּיגַנִי	H3322	He hath made	to place permanently
2	לִמְשֹׁ֣ל	H4914	me also a byword	a satire
3	עַמִּ֑ים	H5971	of the people	a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
4	וְתֹ֖פֶת	H8611	I was as a tabret	a smiting, i.e., (figuratively) contempt
5	לְפָנִ֣ים	H6440	and aforetime	the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
6	אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

Job 17:6 (current)He hath made me also a byword of the people I was as a tabret and aforetime