Job 28:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פָּ֤רַץ נַ֨חַל ׀ מֵֽעִם־גָּ֗ר הַֽנִּשְׁכָּחִ֥ים מִנִּי־רָ֑גֶל דַּ֖לּוּ מֵאֱנ֣וֹשׁ נָֽעוּ׃

Transliteration

Pāraṣ naḥal from-with-gār the-niškāḥîm from-rāḡel dallû from-ʾĕnôš nāʿû

Grammar Details

*pāraṣ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he broke open/breached
*naḥal*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - stream/torrent/wadi
*gār*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - sojourning/dwelling temporarily
*niškāḥîm*: verb, niphal participle, masculine plural - being forgotten
*rāḡel*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - foot
*dallû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they hang/dangle/swing
*ʾĕnôš*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - man/mankind
*nāʿû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they wander/move to and fro

Word Meanings

*pāraṣ*: breaks through/breaches/bursts open
*naḥal*: stream/torrent/wadi/shaft
*gār*: sojourner/temporary resident
*niškāḥîm*: forgotten ones/those forgotten
*dallû*: hang down/dangle/are low/weak
*nāʿû*: wander/stagger/totter/move to and fro

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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