Job 28:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִ֭בְּכִי נְהָר֣וֹת חִבֵּ֑שׁ וְ֝תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּ יֹ֣צִא אֽוֹר׃ פ

Transliteration

From-beḵî nəhārôṯ ḥibbēš and-taʿălumāh yōṣiʾ ʾôr

Grammar Details

*beḵî*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - weeping of
*nəhārôṯ*: noun, masculine, plural, absolute - rivers/streams
*ḥibbēš*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he binds up/stops/dams up
*taʿălumāh*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - hidden thing/secret
*yōṣiʾ*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he brings out
*ʾôr*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - light

Word Meanings

*beḵî*: weeping/flowing/seeping/dripping
*ḥibbēš*: binds up/dams up/restrains/stops
*taʿălumāh*: hidden thing/secret/that which is hidden
*yōṣiʾ*: brings forth/brings to light/exposes

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 26:8 : 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Isa 37:25 : 25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
Isa 44:27 : 27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
Isa 45:2-3 : 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

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