Job

Job 16:4

⁴I could also speak like you

if you were in my place;

I could heap up words against you

and shake my head at you.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I	אָנֹכִי֮	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
could also	גַּ֤ם׀	gam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
speak	אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה	’ă·ḏab·bê·rāh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H1696 speak
like you	כָּכֶ֪ם	kā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
if	ל֤וּ־	lū-	Preposition	H3863 if
you	נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם	nap̄·šə·ḵem	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
were	יֵ֪שׁ	yêš	Adverb	H3426 being, substance, existence
in my	נַפְשִׁ֗י	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
place	תַּ֤חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
I could heap up	אַחְבִּ֣ירָה	’aḥ·bî·rāh	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H2266 unite
words	בְּמִלִּ֑ים	bə·mil·lîm	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural	H4405 word, speech, utterance
against you	עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם	‘ă·lê·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H5921 height
and shake	וְאָנִ֥יעָה	wə·’ā·nî·‘āh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H5128 quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter
my head	רֹאשִֽׁי׃	rō·šî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7218 head
at you	עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם	‘ă·lê·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H5921 height

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 22:7 · Psalm 109:25 · Lamentations 2:15 · Jeremiah 18:16 · 2 Kings 19:21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.