Job 38:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָה וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃

Transliteration

To-haśbîaʿ šōʾâ and-məšōʾâ and-to-haṣmîaḥ mōṣāʾ dešeʾ.

Grammar Details

*lə*: preposition - to/for
*haśbîaʿ*: hiphil infinitive construct - to satisfy/saturate
*šōʾâ*: noun, feminine singular - desolation/waste
*û*: conjunction - and
*məšōʾâ*: noun, feminine singular - devastation/ruin
*haṣmîaḥ*: hiphil infinitive construct - to cause to sprout/grow
*mōṣāʾ*: noun, masculine singular construct - place of going forth
*dešeʾ*: noun, masculine singular - grass/tender herb

Word Meanings

*haśbîaʿ*: to satisfy/to saturate/to fill
*šōʾâ*: desolation/waste/devastation
*məšōʾâ*: devastation/ruin/wasteland
*haṣmîaḥ*: to cause to sprout/to cause to grow
*mōṣāʾ*: place of going forth/sprouting place
*dešeʾ*: grass/tender herb/vegetation

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 104:14 : 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Ps 107:35 : 35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

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