Job 34:3

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Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.	For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.	Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For the ear^H241 trieth^H974 words^H4405, as the mouth^H2441 tasteth^H2938 meat^H398.

Original Hebrew

כִּי־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ יִטְעַם לֶאֱכֹל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
אֹ֭זֶן	'O.zen	H241	HNcfsa	(the) ear
מִלִּ֣ין	mi.Lin	H4405	HNcfpa	words
תִּבְחָ֑ן	tiv.Chan	H974	HVqi3fs	it tests
וְ֝/חֵ֗ךְ	ve./Chekh	H2441	HC/Ncmsa	and/ (the) palate
יִטְעַ֥ם	yit.'Am	H2938	HVqi3ms	it tastes
לֶ/אֱכֹֽל	le./'e.Khol	H398	HR/Vqc	to/ eat

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

Strong's References

H241 — אֹזֶן (ʼôzen, o'-zen): from אָזַן; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man); [phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.
H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
H974 — בָּחַן (bâchan, baw-khan'): a primitive root; to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate; examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
H2441 — חֵךְ (chêk, khake): probably from חָנַךְ in the sense of tasting; properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing); (roof of the) mouth, taste.
H2938 — טָעַם (ṭâʻam, taw-am'): a primitive root; to taste; figuratively, to perceive; [idiom] but, perceive, taste.
H4405 — מִלָּה (millâh, mil-law'): from מָלַל (plural masculine as if from מִלֶּה; a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic; [phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.

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.

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