Job 41:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִישׁ־בְּאָחִ֥יהוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ יִ֝תְלַכְּד֗וּ וְלֹ֣א יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃

Transliteration

ʾΚ-bəʾāḥîhû yəḏubbāqû yiṯlakkəḏû wəlōʾ yiṯpārāḏû

Grammar Details

• *ʾΚ*-*bəʾāḥîhû*: noun with preposition and noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - each to his brother
• *yəḏubbāqû*: pual imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are joined together
• *yiṯlakkəḏû*: hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they capture themselves/hold together
• *wəlōʾ*: conjunction with negative particle - and not
• *yiṯpārāḏû*: hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they separate themselves

Word Meanings

• *ʾΚ*: man/each one
• *ʾāḥîhû*: his brother/his companion
• *yəḏubbāqû*: they are joined together/they are attached
• *yiṯlakkəḏû*: they hold together/they take hold of each other
• *yiṯpārāḏû*: they separate themselves/they part/they divide

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:34 : 34 so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
• 1 Sam 3:11 : 11 And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
• Isa 28:19 : 19 As often as it passeth though, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nought but terror to understand the message.
• Luke 21:11 : 11 and there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.