Job 38:40

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃

Transliteration

When-yāšōḥû in-məʿônôt yēšbû in-sukkâ for-ʾāreb.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - when/for
*yāšōḥû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they crouch
*ba*: preposition - in
*məʿônôt*: noun, feminine plural - dens/lairs
*yēšbû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they sit/remain
*sukkâ*: noun, feminine singular - thicket/hiding place
*ləmô*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - for them
*ʾāreb*: noun, masculine singular - ambush/lying in wait

Word Meanings

*yāšōḥû*: they crouch/they stoop/they bow down
*məʿônôt*: dens/lairs/dwellings
*yēšbû*: they sit/they remain/they dwell
*sukkâ*: thicket/hiding place/covert
*ʾāreb*: ambush/lying in wait

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 37:8 : 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Gen 49:9 : 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
Num 23:24 : 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Num 24:9 : 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

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