Job 40:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Will he make a covenant with you to take him as your servant forever?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲיִכְרֹ֣ת בְּרִ֣ית עִמָּ֑ךְ תִּ֝קָּחֶ֗נּוּ לְעֶ֣בֶד עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

hă-yikrōt bərît ʿimmāk tiqqāḥennû lə-ʿebed ʿôlām

Grammar Details

• *hă-yikrōt*: interrogative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will he cut
• *bərît*: noun, feminine singular - covenant
• *ʿimmāk*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - with you
• *tiqqāḥennû*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - you will take him
• *lə-ʿebed*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - for servant
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - forever, eternity

Word Meanings

• *yikrōt*: to cut, make, establish (a covenant)
• *bərît*: covenant, alliance, treaty
• *tiqqāḥennû*: to take, receive, get
• *ʿebed*: servant, slave, subject
• *ʿôlām*: long duration, antiquity, futurity, forever

Other Translations

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Truly, the hope of his attacker is false; he is overcome even on seeing him!