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Job 33:18 Interlinear

“He keepeth back his soul from the pit and his life from perishing by the sword”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	יַחְשֹׂ֣ךְ	H2820	He keepeth back	to restrain or (reflexive) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
2	נַ֭פְשׁוֹ	H5315	his soul	properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
3	מִנִּי	H4480		properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
4	שָׁ֑חַת	H7845	from the pit	a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
5	וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ	H2416	and his life	alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
6	מֵעֲבֹ֥ר	H5674	from perishing	to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
7	בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃	H7973	by the sword	a missile of attack, i.e., spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e., branch

Job 33:18 (current)He keepeth back his soul from the pit and his life from perishing by the sword