Job 3:12

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Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?	Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?	For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Why did the knees^H1290 prevent^H6923 me? or why the breasts^H7699 that I should suck^H3243?

Original Hebrew

מַדּוּעַ קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם וּמַהשָּׁ־דַיִם כִּי אִינָק׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מַ֭דּוּעַ	Ma.du.a'	H4069	HTi	why?
קִדְּמ֣וּ/נִי	ki.de.Mu./ni	H6923	HVpp3cp/Sp1cs	did they receive/ me
בִרְכָּ֑יִם	vir.Ka.yim	H1290	HNcfda	knees
וּ/מַה	u./ma.ho.Sha-	H4100	HC/Ti	and/ why?
שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם	Sha.Da.yim	H7699	HNcmda	breasts
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	that
אִינָֽק	'i.Nak	H3243	HVqi1cs	I will suckle

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1290 — בֶּרֶךְ (berek, beh'-rek): from בָרַךְ; a knee; knee.
H3243 — יָנַק (yânaq, yaw-nak'): a primitive root; to suck; causatively, to give milk; milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).
H6923 — קָדַם (qâdam, kaw-dam'): a primitive root; to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help); come (go, (flee)) before, [phrase] disappoint, meet, prevent.
H7699 — שַׁד (shad, shad): or שֹׁד; probably from שׁוּד (in its original sense) contracted; the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging); breast, pap, teat.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
H4069 — מַדּוּעַ (maddûwaʻ, mad-doo'-ah): or מַדֻּעַ; from מָה and the passive participle of יָדַע; what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?; how, wherefore, why.
H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

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Reciprocal references (1): Job 40:2

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