Job 40:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א יַחְפּ֑וֹז יִבְטַ֓ח ׀ כִּֽי־יָגִ֖יחַ יַרְדֵּ֣ן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃

Transliteration

hēn yaʿăšōq nāhār lōʾ yaḥpôz yibṭaḥ kî-yāgîaḥ yardēn ʾel-pîhû

Grammar Details

*hēn*: demonstrative particle - behold, lo
*yaʿăšōq*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it oppresses/floods
*nāhār*: noun, masculine singular - river, stream
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yaḥpôz*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he hurries/is alarmed
*yibṭaḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he trusts
*kî*: conjunction - that, because, when
*yāgîaḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it bursts forth
*yardēn*: proper noun - Jordan [River]
*ʾel*: preposition - to, into, toward
*pîhû*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mouth

Word Meanings

*yaʿăšōq*: to oppress, press upon, burst out, flood
*nāhār*: river, stream, canal
*yaḥpôz*: to hurry, hasten, be alarmed, be startled
*yibṭaḥ*: to trust, be confident, feel safe
*yāgîaḥ*: to burst forth, gush out, draw up
*yardēn*: Jordan River, or any large river
*pîhû*: mouth, opening, speech

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 13:10 : 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Josh 3:15 : 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water,(for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
Ps 55:8 : 8 I would hasten{H8686)} my escape from the windy storm{H8801)} and tempest.
Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Isa 37:25 : 25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

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