Job 38:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵי־זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יֵחָ֣לֶק א֑וֹר יָפֵ֖ץ קָדִ֣ים עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

Where-zeh the-derekə yēḥāleq ʾôr yāpēṣ qādîm upon-ʾāreṣ?

Grammar Details

*ʾêy*: interrogative adverb - where?
*zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
*ha-*: definite article - the
*derekə*: noun, masculine singular - way/path
*yēḥāleq*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is divided/distributed
*ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular - light
*yāpēṣ*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it scatters
*qādîm*: noun, masculine singular - east wind
*ʿălêy*: preposition - upon/over
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

*derekə*: way/path/road
*yēḥāleq*: it is divided/it is distributed/it is scattered
*ʾôr*: light/daylight
*yāpēṣ*: it scatters/it spreads
*qādîm*: east wind/eastern wind
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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High concordance with source wording
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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Job 38:12-13 : 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Jonah 4:8 : 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Matt 24:27 : 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

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