Job 41:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־יַבְרִיחֶ֥נּוּ בֶן־קָ֑שֶׁת לְ֝קַ֗שׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־ל֥וֹ אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע׃

Transliteration

Lōʾ-yaḇrîḥennû ben-qāšeṯ ləqaš nehpəḵû-lô ʾaḇnê-qālaʿ

Grammar Details

*Lōʾ*-*yaḇrîḥennû*: negative particle with hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - not causes him to flee
*ben*-*qāšeṯ*: noun construct with noun - son of bow/arrow
*ləqaš*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - to stubble
*nehpəḵû*-*lô*: niphal perfect, 3rd common plural with preposition and 3rd masculine singular suffix - they are turned to him
*ʾaḇnê*-*qālaʿ*: noun, plural construct with noun - stones of sling

Word Meanings

*yaḇrîḥennû*: causes him to flee/makes him run away/drives him away
*ben*-*qāšeṯ*: son of bow/arrow/archer
*qāšeṯ*: bow
*ləqaš*: stubble/straw
*nehpəḵû*: they are turned/they are changed/they become
*ʾaḇnê*-*qālaʿ*: stones of sling/slingstones

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 1:13-14 : 13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. 14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

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