Job 38:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֣סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ מֵרֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא׃

Transliteration

And-yāsek with-dĕlātayim yām when-gîḥô from-reḥem yēṣēʾ.

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*yāsek*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he shut up/enclosed
*bə*: preposition - in/when
*dĕlātayim*: noun, feminine dual - doors/gates
*yām*: noun, masculine singular - sea
*gîḥô*: qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its bursting forth
*min*: preposition - from
*reḥem*: noun, masculine singular - womb
*yēṣēʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it came out

Word Meanings

*yāsek*: he shut up/he enclosed/he confined
*dĕlātayim*: doors/gates/double doors
*gîḥô*: its bursting forth/its gushing out
*reḥem*: womb/matrix/birth

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 1:9 : 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Jer 5:22 : 22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Prov 8:29 : 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Ps 104:8-9 : 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Job 38:10 : 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

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