Job 38:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִבֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַקָּ֑רַח וּכְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

From-beṭen who yāṣāʾ the-qāraḥ and-kəpōr šāmayim who yəlādô?

Grammar Details

*min*: preposition - from
*beṭen*: noun, feminine singular - womb/belly
*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who?
*yāṣāʾ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - came forth
*ha-*: definite article - the
*qāraḥ*: noun, masculine singular - ice/frost
*û*: conjunction - and
*kəpōr*: noun, masculine singular construct - frost/hoar frost of
*šāmayim*: noun, masculine dual - heavens/sky
*yəlādô*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - begot it

Word Meanings

*beṭen*: womb/belly/inner parts
*yāṣāʾ*: came forth/emerged/proceeded
*qāraḥ*: ice/frost
*kəpōr*: frost/hoar frost
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky/atmosphere
*yəlādô*: begot it/gave birth to it

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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

Ps 147:16-17 : 16 He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: Who can stand before his cold?
Job 37:10 : 10 By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Job 38:8 : 8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;
Job 6:16 : 16 Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself:

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