Job 38:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר עָלָ֣יו חֻקִּ֑י וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And-ʾešbōr upon-him ḥuqqî and-ʾāśîm bĕrîaḥ and-dĕlātāyim.

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʾešbōr*: qal imperfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - I decreed/broke
*ʿālāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him/over it
*ḥuqqî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st singular suffix - my decree/boundary
*ʾāśîm*: qal imperfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - I set/placed
*bĕrîaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - bar/bolt
*û*: conjunction - and
*dĕlātāyim*: noun, feminine dual - doors/gates

Word Meanings

*ʾešbōr*: I decreed/I broke/I established
*ḥuqqî*: my decree/my boundary/my limit
*ʾāśîm*: I set/I placed/I established
*bĕrîaḥ*: bar/bolt/barrier

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 104:9 : 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Jer 5:22 : 22 Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
Job 26:10 : 10 He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.
Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.
Gen 1:9-9 : 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Gen 9:15 : 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

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