Verse 16

{ "verseID": "Job.38.16", "source": "הֲ֭בָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָ֑ם וּבְחֵ֥קֶר תְּ֝ה֗וֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃", "text": "?-*bāʾtā* unto-*nibkê*-*yām* and-in-*ḥēqer* *təhôm* *hithallāktā*?", "grammar": { "*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?", "*bāʾtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have come/entered", "*ʿad*": "preposition - unto/to/as far as", "*nibkê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - springs/sources", "*yām*": "noun, masculine singular - sea", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*bə*": "preposition - in", "*ḥēqer*": "noun, masculine singular - searching/investigation", "*təhôm*": "noun, feminine singular - deep/abyss/depths", "*hithallāktā*": "hithpael perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have walked about" }, "variants": { "*bāʾtā*": "you have come/you have entered", "*nibkê*": "springs/sources/depths", "*yām*": "sea/ocean", "*ḥēqer*": "searching/investigation/searching out", "*təhôm*": "deep/abyss/depths", "*hithallāktā*": "you have walked about/you have walked to and fro" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 77:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Psalms.77.19", "source": "ק֤וֹל רַעַמְךָ֨ ׀ בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל הֵאִ֣ירוּ בְרָקִ֣ים תֵּבֵ֑ל רָגְזָ֖ה וַתִּרְעַ֣שׁ הָאָֽרֶץ", "text": "*qôl* *raʿamḵā* in-the-*galgal* *hēʾîrû* *ḇərāqîm* *tēḇēl* *rāḡəzāh* and-*tirʿaš* the-*ʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*qôl*": "masculine singular construct - voice of", "*raʿamḵā*": "masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your thunder", "*galgal*": "masculine singular noun with prefixed 'bə' and definite article - in the whirlwind", "*hēʾîrû*": "3rd person plural hiphil perfect - they illuminated", "*ḇərāqîm*": "masculine plural noun - lightnings", "*tēḇēl*": "feminine singular noun - world", "*rāḡəzāh*": "3rd person feminine singular qal perfect - she trembled", "*tirʿaš*": "3rd person feminine singular qal imperfect with waw-consecutive - and she shook", "*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth" }, "variants": { "*qôl*": "voice/sound/noise", "*raʿamḵā*": "your thunder/your thunderous voice", "*galgal*": "whirlwind/wheel/heaven", "*hēʾîrû*": "they illuminated/they lit up/they gave light to", "*ḇərāqîm*": "lightnings/flashes", "*tēḇēl*": "world/inhabited earth", "*rāḡəzāh*": "trembled/quaked/was agitated", "*tirʿaš*": "shook/quaked/trembled", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground" } }
  • Prov 8:24 : 24 { "verseID": "Proverbs.8.24", "source": "בְּאֵין־תְּהֹמ֥וֹת חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי בְּאֵ֥ין מַ֝עְיָנ֗וֹת נִכְבַּדֵּי־מָֽיִם׃", "text": "When-no-*tᵊhōmôt* *ḥôlāltî*, when-no-*maʿyānôt nikbaddê-māyim*", "grammar": { "*tᵊhōmôt*": "feminine plural noun - deep places/depths", "*ḥôlāltî*": "polal perfect 1st person singular - I was brought forth", "*maʿyānôt*": "masculine plural noun - springs/fountains", "*nikbaddê*": "niphal participle masculine plural construct - heavy with/abounding in", "*māyim*": "masculine plural noun - waters" }, "variants": { "*tᵊhōmôt*": "deep places/depths/abysses", "*ḥôlāltî*": "I was brought forth/born/formed", "*maʿyānôt*": "springs/fountains/sources", "*nikbaddê-māyim*": "heavy with waters/abounding in waters/laden with waters" } }
  • Jer 51:36 : 36 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.51.36", "source": "לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִי־רָב֙ אֶת־רִיבֵ֔ךְ וְנִקַּמְתִּ֖י אֶת־נִקְמָתֵ֑ךְ וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי֙ אֶת־יַמָּ֔הּ וְהֹבַשְׁתִּ֖י אֶת־מְקוֹרָֽהּ", "text": "Therefore thus *ʾāmar* *YHWH* behold-me-*rāb* *ʾet*-*rîbēk* and-*niqqamtî* *ʾet*-*niqmātēk* and-*haḥărabtî* *ʾet*-*yammāh* and-*hōbaštî* *ʾet*-*məqôrāh*", "grammar": { "*ʾāmar*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he said/spoke", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh", "*rāb*": "participle, Qal masculine singular - contending/pleading", "*rîbēk*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your cause/your case", "*niqqamtî*": "verb, Piel perfect, 1st singular - I will avenge", "*niqmātēk*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your vengeance", "*haḥărabtî*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 1st singular - I will dry up/make desolate", "*yammāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her sea", "*hōbaštî*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 1st singular - I will make dry/cause to be ashamed", "*məqôrāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her fountain/spring" }, "variants": { "*rāb*": "contending/pleading/striving with", "*rîbēk*": "your cause/your case/your lawsuit", "*niqqamtî*": "I will avenge/I will take vengeance", "*haḥărabtî*": "I will dry up/I will make desolate/I will lay waste", "*məqôrāh*": "her fountain/her spring/her source" } }
  • Job 26:5-6 : 5 { "verseID": "Job.26.5", "source": "הָרְפָאִ֥ים יְחוֹלָ֑לוּ מִתַּ֥חַת מַ֝֗יִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃", "text": "*hārĕpāʾîm* *yĕḥôlālû* *mittaḥat* *mayim* *wĕ-šōknêhem*", "grammar": { "*hārĕpāʾîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the dead/shades/spirits", "*yĕḥôlālû*": "Polal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they tremble/writhe", "*mittaḥat*": "preposition + preposition - from under/beneath", "*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - waters", "*wĕ-šōknêhem*": "waw conjunction + Qal participle, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their inhabitants" }, "variants": { "*rĕpāʾîm*": "dead/shades/departed spirits/giants", "*yĕḥôlālû*": "tremble/writhe/are made to twist in pain", "*šōknêhem*": "their inhabitants/dwellers/those who dwell there" } } 6 { "verseID": "Job.26.6", "source": "עָר֣וֹם שְׁא֣וֹל נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃", "text": "*ʿārôm* *šĕʾôl* *negdô* *wĕ-ʾên* *kĕsût* *lā-ʾăbaddôn*", "grammar": { "*ʿārôm*": "adjective, masculine singular - naked/bare", "*šĕʾôl*": "noun, feminine singular - Sheol/grave/underworld", "*negdô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - before him/in his presence", "*wĕ-ʾên*": "waw conjunction + particle of negation - and there is no", "*kĕsût*": "noun, feminine singular - covering", "*lā-ʾăbaddôn*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - to Abaddon/destruction/place of ruin" }, "variants": { "*ʿārôm*": "naked/bare/exposed", "*šĕʾôl*": "Sheol/grave/underworld/realm of the dead", "*ʾăbaddôn*": "Abaddon/destruction/place of ruin" } }