Job 37:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח וְרֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם בְּמוּצָֽק׃

Transliteration

min-nišmat-ʾēl yitten-qāraḥ wə-rōḥab mayim bə-mûṣāq

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 38:29-30 : 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Ps 78:47 : 47 He destroyed{H8799)} their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
Ps 147:16-18 : 16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

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