Job 28:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָ֭תִיב לֹֽא־יְדָ֣עוֹ עָ֑יִט וְלֹ֥א שְׁ֝זָפַ֗תּוּ עֵ֣ין אַיָּֽה׃

Transliteration

Nāṯîḇ not-yəḏāʿô ʿāyiṭ and-not šəzāp̄attû ʿên ʾayyāh

Grammar Details

*nāṯîḇ*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - path/pathway
*yəḏāʿô*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - knows it
*ʿāyiṭ*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - bird of prey/hawk/falcon
*šəzāp̄attû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - sees it/looks upon it
*ʿên*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - eye of
*ʾayyāh*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - falcon/kite/vulture

Word Meanings

*nāṯîḇ*: path/pathway/trail
*ʿāyiṭ*: bird of prey/hawk/falcon/vulture
*šəzāp̄attû*: has seen it/beheld it/looked upon it
*ʾayyāh*: falcon/kite/hawk/black vulture

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 11:6 : 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 28:21-23 : 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
Job 38:19 : 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Job 38:24 : 24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

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