Job 38:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲתָרִ֣ים לָעָ֣ב קוֹלֶ֑ךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃

Transliteration

?-tārîm to-ʿāb qôlekā and-šipʿat-mayim təkassekā?

Grammar Details

*hă*: interrogative particle - ?
*tārîm*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you lift up
*lā*: preposition - to/toward
*ʿāb*: noun, masculine singular - cloud/thick cloud
*qôlekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your voice
*wə*: conjunction - and
*šipʿat*: noun, feminine singular construct - abundance of
*mayim*: noun, masculine plural - waters
*təkassekā*: piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - it covers you

Word Meanings

*tārîm*: you lift up/you raise
*ʿāb*: cloud/thick cloud/dark cloud
*qôlekā*: your voice/your sound
*šipʿat*: abundance/overflow/flood
*mayim*: waters/water
*təkassekā*: it covers you/it overwhelms you

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 22:11 : 11 Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
Job 36:27-28 : 27 For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor, 28 Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
Amos 5:8 : 8 [ seek him] that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);
Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, [even of] Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Jas 5:18 : 18 And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
1 Sam 12:18 : 18 So Samuel called unto Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.

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