Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleWhile my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman. Young's Literal Translation (that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found. King James Bible Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. Hebrew Whileאֲשֶׁ֛ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that my soul נַפְשִׁ֖י (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion was still עוֹד־ (‘ō·wḏ-) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more searching בִּקְשָׁ֥ה (biq·šāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after but not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no finding, מָצָ֑אתִי (mā·ṣā·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present among a thousand מֵאֶ֙לֶף֙ (mê·’e·lep̄) Preposition-m | Number - masculine singular Strong's 505: A thousand I have found מָצָ֔אתִי (mā·ṣā·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present one אֶחָ֤ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first [upright] man, אָדָ֞ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being but among all בְכָל־ (ḇə·ḵāl-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every these אֵ֖לֶּה (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those I have not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no found מָצָֽאתִי׃ (mā·ṣā·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present a [virtuous] woman. וְאִשָּׁ֥ה (wə·’iš·šāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female |
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