Job 4:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת אֱל֣וֹהַ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וּמֵר֖וּחַ אַפּ֣וֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃

Transliteration

From min-nišmat ʾĕlôah yōʾbēdû and from û-mē-rûaḥ ʾappô yiḵlû

Grammar Details

*min-nišmat*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from breath of
*ʾĕlôah*: noun, masculine singular - God
*yōʾbēdû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they perish
*û-mē-rûaḥ*: waw conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - and from breath/wind of
*ʾappô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his nostril/anger
*yiḵlû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are consumed

Word Meanings

*nišmat*: breath/spirit/blast
*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity (singular form of Elohim)
*yōʾbēdû*: to perish/be destroyed/be lost
*rûaḥ*: breath/wind/spirit
*ʾappô*: his nostril/anger/face
*yiḵlû*: to be consumed/completed/finished

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Referenced Verses

Job 15:30 : 30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Isa 30:33 : 33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
2 Thess 2:8 : 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Isa 11:4 : 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Ps 18:15 : 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Exod 15:8 : 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Exod 15:10 : 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
2 Kgs 19:7 : 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Job 1:19 : 19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 40:13 : 13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
Rev 2:16 : 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

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