Job 30:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּעֲר֣וּץ נְחָלִ֣ים לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן חֹרֵ֖י עָפָ֣ר וְכֵפִֽים

Transliteration

In ʿărûṣ nəḥālîm to liškōn ḥōrê ʿāp̄ār and kêp̄îm

Grammar Details

*ba-ʿărûṣ*: preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - in gully/ravine of
*nəḥālîm*: noun, masculine plural - wadis/valleys/streams
*liškōn*: preposition with verb, qal infinitive construct - to dwell/inhabit
*ḥōrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - holes of/caves of
*ʿāp̄ār*: noun, masculine singular - dust/earth/soil
*wə-kêp̄îm*: conjunction with noun, masculine plural - and rocks/cliffs

Word Meanings

*ʿărûṣ*: gully/ravine/ditch
*nəḥālîm*: wadis/valleys/streams/torrents
*liškōn*: to dwell/to inhabit/to live
*ḥōrê*: holes/caves/hollows
*ʿāp̄ār*: dust/earth/soil/ground
*kêp̄îm*: rocks/cliffs/crags

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 6:2 : 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
1 Sam 22:1-2 : 1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. 2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Isa 2:19 : 19 And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
Rev 6:15 : 15 And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and {G3956} freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;

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