Job 41:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נַ֭פְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִ֣ים תְּלַהֵ֑ט וְ֝לַ֗הַב מִפִּ֥יו יֵצֵֽא׃

Transliteration

Nap̄šô geḥālîm təlahēṭ wəlahaḇ mippîw yēṣēʾ

Grammar Details

*Nap̄šô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his breath/life
*geḥālîm*: noun, masculine plural - coals
*təlahēṭ*: piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - inflames/kindles
*wəlahaḇ*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular - and flame
*mippîw*: preposition with noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his mouth
*yēṣēʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - goes out/comes forth

Word Meanings

*Nap̄šô*: his breath/his life/his soul
*geḥālîm*: coals/burning coals
*təlahēṭ*: inflames/kindles/sets on fire
*lahaḇ*: flame/blaze
*pîw*: his mouth
*yēṣēʾ*: goes out/comes forth/proceeds

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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

2 Kgs 19:28 : 28 Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [Else] they will not come near unto thee.
Jas 3:3 : 3 Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, {G2532} we turn about their whole body also.

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