Job

Job 19:15–16

¹⁵My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger;

I am a foreigner in their sight.

¹⁶I call for my servant, but he does not answer,

though I implore him with my own mouth.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
My guests	בֵיתִ֣י	ḇê·ṯî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1004 house
and maidservants	וְ֭אַמְהֹתַי	wə·’am·hō·ṯay	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H519 maid, handmaid
count me	תַּחְשְׁבֻ֑נִי	taḥ·šə·ḇu·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural; first person common singular	H2803 think, account
as a stranger	לְזָ֣ר	lə·zār	Preposition-l; Adjective - masculine singular	H2114 be a stranger
I am	הָיִ֥יתִי	hā·yî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a foreigner	נָ֝כְרִ֗י	nā·ḵə·rî	Adjective - masculine singular	H5237 foreign, alien
in their sight	בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃	ḇə·‘ê·nê·hem	Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; third person masculine plural	H5869 eye

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I call	קָ֭רָאתִי	qā·rā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
for my servant	לְעַבְדִּ֣י	lə·‘aḇ·dî	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5650 slave, servant
but he does not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
answer	יַעֲנֶ֑ה	ya·‘ă·neh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6030 answer, respond
though I implore	אֶתְחַנֶּן־	’eṯ·ḥan·nen-	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular	H2603 shew favour, be gracious
him	לֽוֹ׃	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
with	בְּמוֹ־	bə·mōw-	Preposition	H1119 in, with, by
my own mouth	פִ֝֗י	p̄î	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6310 mouth

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.