Job 40:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ לִוְיָתָ֣ן בְּחַכָּ֑ה וּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶל תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַ לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

timšōk liwyātān bə-ḥakkâ û-bəḥebel tašqîaʿ ləšōnô

Grammar Details

• *timšōk*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will draw out
• *liwyātān*: proper noun, masculine singular - Leviathan
• *bə-ḥakkâ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - with hook
• *û-bəḥebel*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular - and with rope
• *tašqîaʿ*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will sink down
• *ləšōnô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his tongue

Word Meanings

• *timšōk*: to draw, drag, lead, prolong
• *liwyātān*: Leviathan, sea monster, great creature
• *ḥakkâ*: hook, angle, fishing tackle
• *ḥebel*: rope, cord, line, band
• *tašqîaʿ*: to cause to sink, press down, submerge
• *ləšōnô*: tongue, language

Other Translations

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders?