Job 38:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲ֭בָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָ֑ם וּבְחֵ֥קֶר תְּ֝ה֗וֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃

Transliteration

?-bāʾtā unto-nibkê-yām and-in-ḥēqer təhôm hithallāktā?

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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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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 77:19 : 19 Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.
Prov 8:24 : 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.
Jer 51:36 : 36 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
Job 26:5-6 : 5 They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering.

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