Job 40:26

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲתָשִׂ֣ים אַגְמ֣וֹן בְּאַפּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַ תִּקּ֥וֹב לֶֽחֱיוֹ׃

Transliteration

hă-tāśîm ʾagmôn bə-ʾappô û-bəḥôaḥ tiqqôb leḥĕyô

Grammar Details

• *hă-tāśîm*: interrogative particle + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - will you put
• *ʾagmôn*: noun, masculine singular - reed, rush, bulrush
• *bə-ʾappô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his nose
• *û-bəḥôaḥ*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular - and with hook/thorn
• *tiqqôb*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will pierce
• *leḥĕyô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his jaw

Word Meanings

• *tāśîm*: to put, place, set, appoint
• *ʾagmôn*: reed, rush, bulrush (used as rope)
• *ʾappô*: nose, nostril, face
• *ḥôaḥ*: hook, ring, thorn
• *tiqqôb*: to pierce, bore through
• *leḥĕyô*: jaw, cheek

Other Translations

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head?