Hebrew Interlinear

Job 7:17 Interlinear

“ What is man that thou shouldest magnify him and that thou shouldest set thine heart”

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Job 7 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מָֽה	H4100		properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
2	אֱ֭נוֹשׁ	H582	What is man	properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
3	כִּ֣י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
4	תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ	H1431	that thou shouldest magnify	to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
5	וְכִי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
6	תָשִׁ֖ית	H7896	him and that thou shouldest set	to place (in a very wide application)
7	אֵלָ֣יו	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
8	לִבֶּֽךָ׃	H3820	thine heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything

Job 7:17 (current) What is man that thou shouldest magnify him and that thou shouldest set thine heart