Job 39:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְת֣וּר הָרִ֣ים מִרְעֵ֑הוּ וְאַחַ֖ר כָּל־יָר֣וֹק יִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

Transliteration

yətûr hārîm mirʿēhû wə-ʾaḥar kol-yārôq yidrôš

Grammar Details

*yətûr*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he searches/explores
*hārîm*: masculine plural absolute - mountains
*mirʿēhû*: masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pasture
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ʾaḥar*: preposition - after
*kol*: construct - every/all
*yārôq*: masculine singular adjective - green thing
*yidrôš*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he seeks/searches

Word Meanings

*yətûr*: he searches/explores/spies out
*hārîm*: mountains/hills
*mirʿēhû*: his pasture/grazing place
*ʾaḥar*: after/behind
*yārôq*: green thing/vegetation
*yidrôš*: he seeks/searches/inquires after

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 1:29-30 : 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Job 40:15 : 15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
Job 40:20-22 : 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. 21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. 22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Ps 104:27-28 : 27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. 28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

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