Job 39:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּרַ֣עַשׁ וְ֭רֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא־אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹֽא־יַ֝אֲמִ֗ין כִּי־ק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃

Transliteration

bə-raʿaš wə-rōgez yəgammeʾ-ʾāreṣ wə-lōʾ-yaʾămîn kî-qôl šôpār

Grammar Details

*bə*: preposition - with
*raʿaš*: masculine singular absolute - quivering
*wə*: conjunction - and
*rōgez*: masculine singular absolute - excitement
*yəgammeʾ*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he swallows up
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular absolute - earth/ground
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yaʾămîn*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he believes
*kî*: conjunction - that
*qôl*: masculine singular construct - sound of
*šôpār*: masculine singular absolute - trumpet

Word Meanings

*raʿaš*: quivering/trembling/earthquake
*rōgez*: excitement/agitation/rage
*yəgammeʾ*: he swallows up/devours/consumes
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/ground/land
*yaʾămîn*: he believes/trusts/stands still
*qôl*: sound/voice/noise
*šôpār*: trumpet/horn

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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

Job 9:16 : 16 If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
Job 29:24 : 24 I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Job 37:20 : 20 Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
Jer 4:19 : 19 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
Hab 1:8-9 : 8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour. 9 They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.
Luke 24:41 : 41 And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here anything to eat?

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