Job 4:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת אֱל֣וֹהַ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וּמֵר֖וּחַ אַפּ֣וֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃

Transliteration

From min-nišmat ʾĕlôah yōʾbēdû and from û-mē-rûaḥ ʾappô yiḵlû

Grammar Details

*min-nišmat*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from breath of
*ʾĕlôah*: noun, masculine singular - God
*yōʾbēdû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they perish
*û-mē-rûaḥ*: waw conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - and from breath/wind of
*ʾappô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his nostril/anger
*yiḵlû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are consumed

Word Meanings

*nišmat*: breath/spirit/blast
*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity (singular form of Elohim)
*yōʾbēdû*: to perish/be destroyed/be lost
*rûaḥ*: breath/wind/spirit
*ʾappô*: his nostril/anger/face
*yiḵlû*: to be consumed/completed/finished

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 15:30 : 30 He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God's] mouth shall he go away.
Isa 30:33 : 33 For a Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
2 Thess 2:8 : 8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
Isa 11:4 : 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Ps 18:15 : 15 Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Exod 15:8 : 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Exod 15:10 : 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
2 Kgs 19:7 : 7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Job 1:19 : 19 and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 40:13 : 13 Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].
Rev 2:16 : 16 Repent therefore; or else {G1161} I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

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