Job
Job 6:7
7My soul refuses to touch them;
they are loathsome food to me.
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 soul | נַפְשִׁ֑י | nap̄·šî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| refuses | מֵאֲנָ֣ה | mê·’ă·nāh | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H3985 refuse |
| to touch them | לִנְגּ֣וֹעַ | lin·gō·w·a‘ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5060 touch, reach, strike |
| they are | הֵ֝֗מָּה | hêm·māh | Pronoun - third person masculine plural | H1992 they, them |
| loathsome | כִּדְוֵ֥י | kiḏ·wê | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1741 illness |
| food to me | לַחְמִֽי׃ | laḥ·mî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H3899 bread, food |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.