Job 28:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָ֭תִיב לֹֽא־יְדָ֣עוֹ עָ֑יִט וְלֹ֥א שְׁ֝זָפַ֗תּוּ עֵ֣ין אַיָּֽה׃

Transliteration

Nāṯîḇ not-yəḏāʿô ʿāyiṭ and-not šəzāp̄attû ʿên ʾayyāh

Grammar Details

*nāṯîḇ*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - path/pathway
*yəḏāʿô*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - knows it
*ʿāyiṭ*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - bird of prey/hawk/falcon
*šəzāp̄attû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - sees it/looks upon it
*ʿên*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - eye of
*ʾayyāh*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - falcon/kite/vulture

Word Meanings

*nāṯîḇ*: path/pathway/trail
*ʿāyiṭ*: bird of prey/hawk/falcon/vulture
*šəzāp̄attû*: has seen it/beheld it/looked upon it
*ʾayyāh*: falcon/kite/hawk/black vulture

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 11:6 : 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 28:21-23 : 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens. 22 Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
Job 38:19 : 19 Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Job 38:24 : 24 By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

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