Job 4:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֭רוּחַ עַל־פָּנַ֣י יַחֲלֹ֑ף תְּ֝סַמֵּ֗ר שַֽׂעֲרַ֥ת בְּשָׂרִֽי׃

Transliteration

And wə-rûaḥ upon ʿal-pānay yaḥălōp təsammēr śaʿărat bəśārî

Grammar Details

*wə-rûaḥ*: waw conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and spirit/wind
*ʿal-pānay*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 1st person common singular suffix - upon my face
*yaḥălōp*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it passes
*təsammēr*: Piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it bristles
*śaʿărat*: noun, feminine singular construct - hair of
*bəśārî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person common singular suffix - my flesh

Word Meanings

*rûaḥ*: spirit/wind/breath
*pānay*: my face/presence/surface
*yaḥălōp*: passes/moves/changes
*təsammēr*: to bristle/stand on end/stiffen
*śaʿărat*: hair/hairiness
*bəśārî*: my flesh/body/skin

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 104:4 : 4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Isa 13:8 : 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Isa 21:3-4 : 3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
Dan 5:6 : 6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Matt 14:26 : 26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
Luke 24:37-39 : 37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. 38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? 39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Heb 1:7 : 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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