Job 38:40

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃

Transliteration

When-yāšōḥû in-məʿônôt yēšbû in-sukkâ for-ʾāreb.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - when/for
*yāšōḥû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they crouch
*ba*: preposition - in
*məʿônôt*: noun, feminine plural - dens/lairs
*yēšbû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they sit/remain
*sukkâ*: noun, feminine singular - thicket/hiding place
*ləmô*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - for them
*ʾāreb*: noun, masculine singular - ambush/lying in wait

Word Meanings

*yāšōḥû*: they crouch/they stoop/they bow down
*məʿônôt*: dens/lairs/dwellings
*yēšbû*: they sit/they remain/they dwell
*sukkâ*: thicket/hiding place/covert
*ʾāreb*: ambush/lying in wait

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 37:8 : 8 Then the beasts go into coverts, And remain in their dens.
Gen 49:9 : 9 Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
Num 23:24 : 24 Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.
Num 24:9 : 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.

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