Verse 8

{ "verseID": "Job.12.8", "source": "א֤וֹ שִׂ֣יחַ לָאָ֣רֶץ וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לְ֝ךָ֗ דְּגֵ֣י הַיָּֽם׃", "text": "*ʾô* *śîaḥ* *lā-ʾāreṣ* *wə-tôrekā* *wî-sapprû* *ləkā* *dəgê* *ha-yām*", "grammar": { "*ʾô*": "conjunction - or", "*śîaḥ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - speak/meditate", "*lā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - to the earth", "*wə-tôrekā*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and it will teach you", "*wî-sapprû*": "conjunction + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they will recount/declare", "*ləkā*": "preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you", "*dəgê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - fish of", "*ha-yām*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the sea" }, "variants": { "*śîaḥ*": "speak to/commune with/talk to", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground", "*tôrekā*": "will teach you/instruct you", "*sapprû*": "will recount/narrate/declare", "*dəgê*": "fish of/aquatic creatures of", "*yām*": "sea/ocean/large body of water" } }

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