So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
So that my ſoule chooſeth ſtrangling: and death rather † then my life.
בָּחַר , verb, bahar — to choose (value 210)
H977,
בָּחַר bâchar, baw-khar'; a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select:—acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.to choose, elect, decide for
(Qal) to choose
(Niphal) to be chosen
(Pual) to be chosen, selected
Used in 162 Verses, 23 Books 170 Occurrence Count
מָוֶת , masculine noun, mavet — death (value 446)
H4194,
מָוֶת mâveth, maw'-veth; from H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin:—(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead
death
death by violence (as a penalty)
state of death, place of death
Used in 152 Verses, 27 Books 155 Occurrence Count
מַחֲנַק , masculine noun, mahanak — strangling, suffocation (value 198)
H4267,
מַחֲנַק machănaq, makh-an-ak'; from H2614; choking:—strangling.strangling, suffocation
as a mode of death
Used in 1 Verse, 1 Book 1 Occurrence Count
נֶפֶשׁ , feminine noun, nefesh — a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion (value 430)
H5315,
נֶפֶשׁ nephesh, neh'-fesh; from H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental):—any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
living being
living being (with life in the blood)
the man himself, self, person or individual
seat of the appetites
seat of emotions and passions
activity of mind
dubious
activity of the will
dubious
activity of the character
dubious
Used in 683 Verses, 31 Books 748 Occurrence Count
עֶצֶם , feminine noun, ʿetzem — bone, substance, self (value 200)
H6106,
עֶצֶם ʻetsem, eh'tsem; from H6105; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pronoun) selfsame:—body, bone, × life, (self-) same, strength, × very.bone, essence, substance
bone
body, limbs, members, external body
bone (of animal)
substance, self
Used in 108 Verses, 24 Books 124 Occurrence Count
| Job 7:15Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ |
| Verse #13024 (Ch. #443) — 5 words, 23 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| So that my soul |
H5315nefesh |
נֶפֶשׁ |
430 |
| chooseth |
H977bahar |
בָּחַר |
210 |
| strangling, |
H4267mahanak |
מַחֲנַק |
198 |
| and death |
H4194mavet |
מָוֶת |
446 |
| rather than my life. |
H6106ʿetzem |
עֶצֶם |
200 |
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