Job 38:29

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{ "verseID": "Job.38.29", "source": "מִבֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַקָּ֑רַח וּכְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽוֹ׃", "text": "From-*beṭen* who *yāṣāʾ* the-*qāraḥ* and-*kəpōr* *šāmayim* who *yəlādô*?", "grammar": { "*min*": "preposition - from", "*beṭen*": "noun, feminine singular - womb/belly", "*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?", "*yāṣāʾ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - came forth", "*ha-*": "definite article - the", "*qāraḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - ice/frost", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*kəpōr*": "noun, masculine singular construct - frost/hoar frost of", "*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine dual - heavens/sky", "*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?", "*yəlādô*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - begot it" }, "variants": { "*beṭen*": "womb/belly/inner parts", "*yāṣāʾ*": "came forth/emerged/proceeded", "*qāraḥ*": "ice/frost", "*kəpōr*": "frost/hoar frost", "*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky/atmosphere", "*yəlādô*": "begot it/gave birth to it" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִבֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַקָּ֑רַח וּכְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

From-beṭen who yāṣāʾ the-qāraḥ and-kəpōr šāmayim who yəlādô?

Grammar Details

• *min*: preposition - from
• *beṭen*: noun, feminine singular - womb/belly
• *mî*: interrogative pronoun - who?
• *yāṣāʾ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - came forth
• *ha-*: definite article - the
• *qāraḥ*: noun, masculine singular - ice/frost
• *û*: conjunction - and
• *kəpōr*: noun, masculine singular construct - frost/hoar frost of
• *šāmayim*: noun, masculine dual - heavens/sky
• *yəlādô*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - begot it

Word Meanings

• *beṭen*: womb/belly/inner parts
• *yāṣāʾ*: came forth/emerged/proceeded
• *qāraḥ*: ice/frost
• *kəpōr*: frost/hoar frost
• *šāmayim*: heavens/sky/atmosphere
• *yəlādô*: begot it/gave birth to it

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  From whose womb does the ice come forth? Who gives birth to the frost of the heavens,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Out of whose womb{H990} came{H3318} the ice?{H7140} And the hoary frost{H3713} of heaven,{H8064} who hath gendered{H3205} it?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Out of whose womb{H990} came{H3318}{(H8804)} the ice{H7140}? and the hoary frost{H3713} of heaven{H8064}, who hath gendered{H3205}{(H8804)} it?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Out of whose wobe came the yse? who hath gendred the coldnes of ye ayre?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Out of whose wombe came the yee? Who hath ingendred the frost of the heauen?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Out of whose wombe came the yce? Who hath gendred the coldnesse of the ayre?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it,

Referenced Verses

• Ps 147:16-17 : 16 { "verseID": "Psalms.147.16", "source": "הַנֹּתֵ֣ן שֶׁ֣לֶג כַּצָּ֑מֶר כְּ֝פ֗וֹר כָּאֵ֥פֶר יְפַזֵּֽר׃", "text": "*Hannōṯēn sheleg katstsāmer kephōwr kāʾēpher yephazzēr*", "grammar": { "*Hannōṯēn*": "participle with definite article, masculine singular, Qal - the one giving", "*sheleg*": "noun, masculine singular - snow", "*katstsāmer*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the wool", "*kephōwr*": "noun, masculine singular - frost", "*kāʾēpher*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the ashes", "*yephazzēr*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Piel - he scatters" }, "variants": { "*Hannōṯēn*": "gives/provides/sends", "*sheleg*": "snow", "*tsāmer*": "wool/fleece", "*kephōwr*": "frost/hoarfrost", "*ʾēpher*": "ashes/dust", "*yephazzēr*": "scatters/spreads/disperses" } } 17 { "verseID": "Psalms.147.17", "source": "מַשְׁלִ֣יךְ קַֽרְח֣וֹ כְפִתִּ֑ים לִפְנֵ֥י קָ֝רָת֗וֹ מִ֣י יַעֲמֹֽד׃", "text": "*Mashlîkh qarhōw khephittîm liphnê qārāṯōw mî yaʿămōd*", "grammar": { "*Mashlîkh*": "participle, masculine singular, Hiphil - throwing/casting", "*qarhōw*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his ice", "*khephittîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - like morsels/pieces", "*liphnê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before/in the face of", "*qārāṯōw*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his cold", "*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who", "*yaʿămōd*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Qal - can stand" }, "variants": { "*Mashlîkh*": "throws/casts down/hurls", "*qarhōw*": "his ice/his hail/his frost", "*pittîm*": "morsels/pieces/fragments/bits", "*liphnê*": "before/in the face of/in the presence of", "*qārāṯōw*": "his cold/his coldness/his freezing temperature", "*yaʿămōd*": "can stand/will endure/withstand" } }
• Job 37:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Job.37.10", "source": "מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח וְרֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם בְּמוּצָֽק׃", "text": "*min-nišmat-ʾēl yitten-qāraḥ wə-rōḥab mayim bə-mûṣāq*", "grammar": { "*min-nišmat*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from breath of", "*ʾēl*": "noun, masculine singular - God", "*yitten*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - gives/produces", "*qāraḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - ice/frost", "*wə-rōḥab*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and expanse/breadth of", "*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - waters", "*bə-mûṣāq*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in constriction/restraint/narrows" }, "variants": { "*nišmat*": "breath/blast/spirit", "*ʾēl*": "God/Mighty One", "*qāraḥ*": "ice/frost", "*rōḥab*": "expanse/breadth/width", "*bə-mûṣāq*": "in constriction/in restraint/in constraint/solid form" } }
• Job 38:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Job.38.8", "source": "וַיָּ֣סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ מֵרֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא׃", "text": "And-*yāsek* with-*dĕlātayim* *yām* when-*gîḥô* from-*reḥem* *yēṣēʾ*.", "grammar": { "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*yāsek*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he shut up/enclosed", "*bə*": "preposition - with/by", "*dĕlātayim*": "noun, feminine dual - doors/gates", "*yām*": "noun, masculine singular - sea", "*bə*": "preposition - in/when", "*gîḥô*": "qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its bursting forth", "*min*": "preposition - from", "*reḥem*": "noun, masculine singular - womb", "*yēṣēʾ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it came out" }, "variants": { "*yāsek*": "he shut up/he enclosed/he confined", "*dĕlātayim*": "doors/gates/double doors", "*gîḥô*": "its bursting forth/its gushing out", "*reḥem*": "womb/matrix/birth" } }
• Job 6:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Job.6.16", "source": "הַקֹּדְרִ֥ים מִנִּי־קָ֑רַח עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ יִתְעַלֶּם־שָֽׁלֶג׃", "text": "*haqqōdərîm minnî-qāraḥ ʿālêmô yitʿallem-šāleg*", "grammar": { "*haqqōdərîm*": "article + Qal participle, masculine plural - the ones being dark/turbid", "*minnî-qāraḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from ice", "*ʿālêmô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - upon them", "*yitʿallem*": "Hitpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - hides itself", "*šāleg*": "noun, masculine singular - snow" }, "variants": { "*qādar*": "to be dark/gloomy/turbid", "*qeraḥ*": "ice/frost", "*ʿālam*": "to hide/conceal", "*šeleg*": "snow" } }