Job 37:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then the beasts go into coverts, And remain in their dens.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתָּבֹ֣א חַיָּ֣ה בְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶב וּבִמְע֖וֹנֹתֶ֣יהָ תִשְׁכֹּֽן׃

Transliteration

wat-tābōʾ ḥayyāh bəmô-ʾāreb û-bim-ʿônōtêhā tiškōn

Grammar Details

*wat-tābōʾ*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she enters/comes
*ḥayyāh*: noun, feminine singular - animal/beast/living thing
*bəmô*: preposition - into
*ʾāreb*: noun, masculine singular - lair/den/covert
*û-bim-ʿônōtêhā*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and in her dens/lairs
*tiškōn*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - she dwells/stays/remains

Word Meanings

*ḥayyāh*: animal/beast/living creature/wildlife
*ʾāreb*: lair/den/hiding place/covert
*ʿônōtêhā*: dens/lairs/dwelling places
*tiškōn*: dwells/stays/remains/abides

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 104:22 : 22 The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.
Job 38:40 : 40 When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

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