Hebrew Interlinear

Job 29:16 Interlinear

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

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Job 29 with commentary

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

Job 29:16 (current)I was a father to the poor and the cause which I knew not I searched out