Job 41:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּֽ֭צַוָּארוֹ יָלִ֣ין עֹ֑ז וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יו תָּד֥וּץ דְּאָבָֽה׃

Transliteration

Bəṣawwārô yālîn ʿōz ûləp̄ānāyw tāḏûṣ dəʾāḇāh

Grammar Details

*Bəṣawwārô*: preposition with noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his neck
*yālîn*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - lodges/stays/dwells
*ʿōz*: noun, masculine singular - strength/might
*ûləp̄ānāyw*: conjunction with preposition with noun, plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and before him
*tāḏûṣ*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - leaps/springs/dances
*dəʾāḇāh*: noun, feminine singular - terror/dismay

Word Meanings

*ṣawwārô*: his neck
*yālîn*: lodges/stays/dwells/remains
*ʿōz*: strength/might/power
*ləp̄ānāyw*: before him/in his presence
*tāḏûṣ*: leaps/springs/dances/runs
*dəʾāḇāh*: terror/dismay/anxiety

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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 38:10 : 10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,
Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Ps 58:6 : 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are [as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Eccl 12:4 : 4 and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
Dan 7:7 : 7 After this I saw in the night - visions, and, behold, a fourth beast, terrible and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

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