Job 38:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֽ͏ַתְשַׁלַּ֣ח בְּרָקִ֣ים וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ וְיֹאמְר֖וּ לְךָ֣ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

?-təšallaḥ bərāqîm and-yēlēkû and-yōʾmərû to-you hinnēnû?

Grammar Details

• *hă*: interrogative particle - ?
• *təšallaḥ*: piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you send
• *bərāqîm*: noun, masculine plural - lightnings
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *yēlēkû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they go
• *yōʾmərû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they say
• *lə*: preposition - to
• *kā*: 2nd masculine singular suffix - you
• *hinnēnû*: interjection with 1st common plural suffix - here we are

Word Meanings

• *təšallaḥ*: you send/you dispatch
• *bərāqîm*: lightnings/lightning bolts/flashes
• *yēlēkû*: they go/they proceed
• *yōʾmərû*: they say/they speak
• *hinnēnû*: here we are/behold us

Referenced Verses

• Exod 9:23-25 : 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
• Exod 9:29 : 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto Jehovah; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah's.
• Lev 10:2 : 2 And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.
• Num 11:1 : 1 And the people were as murmurers, [speaking] evil in the ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.
• Num 16:35 : 35 And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
• 1 Sam 22:12 : 12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
• 2 Kgs 1:10 : 10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
• 2 Kgs 1:14 : 14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in thy sight.
• Job 36:32 : 32 He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
• Job 37:3 : 3 He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
• Isa 6:8 : 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me.
• Isa 65:1 : 1 I am inquired of by them that asked not [for me]; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
• Rev 11:5-6 : 5 And if any man desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies; and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed. 6 These have the power to shut the heaven, that it {G5205} rain not during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire.