Job 38:12

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

המימיך הְ֭מִיָּמֶיךָ

from the days of yourself

9021

ך
None
Definition: your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person masculine singular
Root: None
Exhaustive: Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person masculine singular

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3117

יום
yôwm
Definition: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Root: from an unused root meaning to be hot;
Exhaustive: from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.

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9006

מ
None
Definition: from
Root: None
Exhaustive: None

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9008

ה
None
Definition: ? (interrog.)
Root: None
Exhaustive: the / or (interrog. particle)

Particle interrogative, Preposition, Noun common masculine plural construct, Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

צוית צִוִּיתָ

you charged

6680

צוה
tsâvâh
Definition: (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin; appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.

Verb Piel perfect second person masculine singular

בקר בּקֶר

morning

1242

בקר
bôqer
Definition: properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
Root: from H1239 (בקר);
Exhaustive: from בקר; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning; ([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.

Noun common both singular absolute

ידעתה יִדַּעְתָּה

you have known

9008

ה
None
Definition: ? (interrog.)
Root: None
Exhaustive: the / or (interrog. particle)

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3045

ידע
yâdaʻ
Definition: to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.

Particle interrogative, Verb Piel perfect second person masculine singular

שחר שַׁחַר

blackness

7837

שחר
shachar
Definition: dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
Root: from H7836 (שחר);
Exhaustive: from שחר; dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial); day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.

Noun common both singular absolute

מקמו מְקֹמוֹ׃

standing place of himself

9016

None
Definition: verseEnd
Root: None
Exhaustive: None

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9023

הו
None
Definition: his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular
Root: None
Exhaustive: Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular

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4725

מקום
mâqôwm
Definition: properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Root: or מקם; also (feminine) מקומה; or מקמה; from H6965 (קום);
Exhaustive: or מקם; also (feminine) מקומה; or מקמה; from קום; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind); country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

RBT Translation:

from the days of yourself you charged morning you have known blackness standing place of himself

RBT Paraphrase:

Blackness

Have you laid charge upon a morning from the days of yourself? have you made a blackness to know the standing place of himself?

Where am I...

Basic form: שחר‎ (qāṭal, masc. sing.) “black”
Feminine singular: שחורה‎ (šəḥôrâ), e.g. שחורה בשפעה “black in her adornment” (Song 1:5)
Masculine plural: שחרים‎ (šəḥôrîm), e.g. of horses (Zech 6:2)
Feminine plural: שחרות‎ (šəḥôrōt), e.g. of hair (Song 5:11)

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
In thy days didst thou command the morning? and didst thou make the dawning know its place?

LITV Translation:
Have you commanded the morning from your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Or did I order the morning light in thy time; And did the morning star then first see his appointed place;