Hebrew Interlinear
Job 29:16 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Job 29:16, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“I was a father to the poor and the cause which I knew not I searched out”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | אָ֣ב | H1 | I was a father | father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application |
| 2 | אָ֭נֹכִֽי | H595 | i | |
| 3 | לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים | H34 | to the poor | destitute |
| 4 | וְרִ֖ב | H7379 | and the cause | a contest (personal or legal) |
| 5 | לֹא | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 6 | יָדַ֣עְתִּי | H3045 | which I knew | to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o |
| 7 | אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃ | H2713 | not I searched out | properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately |
Verse Context
Job 29:15I was eyes to the blind and feet was I to the lame ...
Job 29:16 (current)I was a father to the poor and the cause which I knew not I searched out
Job 29:17And I brake the jaws of the wicked out of his teeth and plucked the spoil...