Job
Chapter 7
Verse 16
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Job 7

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16 I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 7:16. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 59
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

מָ֭אַסְתִּי לֹא־לְעֹלָ֣ם אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה חֲדַ֥ל מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי כִּי־הֶ֥בֶל יָמָֽי׃

9 word entries
מָ֭אַסְתִּי
Lemma
3988 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3988
Occurrences
61
לֹא
Lemma
3808
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3808
Occurrences
3277
לְעֹלָ֣ם
Lemma
l/5769
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5769
Occurrences
177
אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה
Lemma
2421
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2421
Occurrences
140
חֲדַ֥ל
Lemma
2308
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2308
Occurrences
41
מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי
Lemma
4480 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4480
Occurrences
1059
כִּי
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
הֶ֥בֶל
Lemma
1892
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1892
Occurrences
58
יָמָֽי
Lemma
3117
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3117
Occurrences
731
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Οὐ γὰρ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ζήσομαι, ἵνα μακροθυμήσω· ἀπόστα ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, κενὸς γάρ μου ὁ βίος.

16 word entries
Οὐ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
οὐ
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle before rough breathing.
Occurrences
5892
γὰρ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
γάρ
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
postpositive explanatory conjunction
Gloss
for, because
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Explanatory or causal conjunction.
Occurrences
1390
εἰς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
εἰς
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
preposition with accusative
Gloss
into, to, for
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the accusative.
Occurrences
6787
τὸν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
αἰῶνα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
aiona
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative singular
Gloss
age, eternity
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Age, era, world, or eternity depending on context.
Occurrences
550
ζήσομαι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
zesomai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
9
ἵνα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἵνα
Transliteration
hina
Morphology
subordinating conjunction
Gloss
so that, in order that
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Purpose/result conjunction.
Occurrences
423
μακροθυμήσω
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
makrothymeso
Morphology
future active indicative, 1st singular pattern
Gloss
I will ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ἀπόστα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
aposta
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
ἀπʼ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἀπό
Transliteration
ap
Morphology
preposition with genitive, elided form
Gloss
from, away from
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
Occurrences
3869
ἐμοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
κενὸς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
kenos
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
γάρ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
γάρ
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
postpositive explanatory conjunction
Gloss
for, because
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Explanatory or causal conjunction.
Occurrences
1390
μου
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
βίος
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
bios
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
19
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܩܛܥܬ ܠܝ ܘܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܥܠܡ ܚܝ ܐܢܐ ܦܪܘܩ ܡܢܝ ܡܛܠ ܕܗܒܠܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܝܘܡ̈ܝ

13 word entries
ܩܛܥܬ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
qt't
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
1
ܠܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܝ
Transliteration
ly
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
865
ܘܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1993
ܗܘܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1800
ܠܥܠܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
l'lm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
295
ܚܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܚܝ
Transliteration
hy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
90
ܐܢܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܐܢܐ
Transliteration
ena
Morphology
personal pronoun, first common singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1289
ܦܪܘܩ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
prwq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
10
ܡܢܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܢܝ
Transliteration
mny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
130
ܡܛܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2606
ܕܗܒܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dhbl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܐܢܘܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'nwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
1636
ܝܘܡ̈ܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
ywmy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
47
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

רְחִיקֵית דְלָא לַעֲלַם אֱחֵי פְּסַק מִנִי אֲרוּם לְמָא יוֹמֵי׃

9 word entries
רְחִיקֵית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rchyqyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
5
דְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דלא
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
607
לַעֲלַם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עלם
Transliteration
l'lm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
184
אֱחֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אחי
Transliteration
'chy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
42
פְּסַק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
פסק
Transliteration
psq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
30
מִנִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מני
Transliteration
mny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
268
אֲרוּם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'rwm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
997
לְמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
למא
Transliteration
lm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
187
יוֹמֵי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ywmy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
214
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Desperavi: nequaquam ultra jam vivam: parce mihi, nihil enim sunt dies mei.

12 word entries
desperavi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
despero
Transliteration
desperavi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
14
nequaquam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
nequaquam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
69
ultra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ultra
Transliteration
ultra
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
253
iam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iam
Transliteration
iam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
215
vivam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uiuo
Transliteration
vivam
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
524
parce
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
parco
Transliteration
parce
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
88
mihi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
mihi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
nihil
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nihil
Transliteration
nihil
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
231
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
dies
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dies
Transliteration
dies
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2559
mei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
mei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Job 10:1

My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

5 relevance votes

1 Kings 19:4

While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.

5 relevance votes

Job 9:21

I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

4 relevance votes

Job 14:6

Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.

4 relevance votes

Psalms 62:9

Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

3 relevance votes

Job 10:20

Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

3 relevance votes

Job 6:9

If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

3 relevance votes

Jonah 4:8

Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.

3 relevance votes

Psalms 39:13

Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

3 relevance votes

Psalms 144:4

Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

2 relevance votes

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?

2 relevance votes

Jonah 4:3

So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.

2 relevance votes
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