Chapter 38
Job 38:37
מי
מִי־
who
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| ־
None
Definition: link
Root: None
Exhaustive: None
None
Definition: link
Root: None
Exhaustive: None
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מי
mîy
Definition: who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
Root: an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מה) is of things,
Exhaustive: an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.
mîy
Definition: who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
Root: an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מה) is of things,
Exhaustive: an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.
Pronoun interrogative
יספר
יְסַפֵּר
he is counting
5608a
ספר
çâphar
Definition: properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate; commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
çâphar
Definition: properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate; commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Verb Piel imperfect third person masculine singular
שחקים
שְׁחָקִים
laughing ones
7834
שחק
shachaq
Definition: a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
Root: from H7833 (שחק);
Exhaustive: from שחק; a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament; cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
shachaq
Definition: a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
Root: from H7833 (שחק);
Exhaustive: from שחק; a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament; cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
Noun common masculine plural absolute
בחכמה
בְּחָכְמָה
within the Wisdom?
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| חכמה
chokmâh
Definition: wisdom (in a good sense)
Root: from H2449 (חכם);
Exhaustive: from חכם; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
chokmâh
Definition: wisdom (in a good sense)
Root: from H2449 (חכם);
Exhaustive: from חכם; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
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ב
None
Definition: in, by
Root: None
Exhaustive: in, at, against, on, among, with; according to, by, because of. prefix or inseparable preposition; combined with the definite article
None
Definition: in, by
Root: None
Exhaustive: in, at, against, on, among, with; according to, by, because of. prefix or inseparable preposition; combined with the definite article
Preposition, Noun common feminine singular absolute
ונבלי
וְנִבְלֵי
and decaying skin bottles/bags
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| נבל
nebel
Definition: a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
Root: or נבל; from H5034 (נבל);
Exhaustive: or נבל; from נבל; a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form); bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.
nebel
Definition: a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
Root: or נבל; from H5034 (נבל);
Exhaustive: or נבל; from נבל; a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form); bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.
9002
ו
None
Definition: and
Root: None
Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’)
None
Definition: and
Root: None
Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’)
Conjunction, Noun common masculine plural construct
שמים
שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם
dual heavenly ones
8064
שמים
shâmayim
Definition: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Root: dual of an unused singular שמה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty;
Exhaustive: dual of an unused singular שמה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
shâmayim
Definition: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Root: dual of an unused singular שמה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty;
Exhaustive: dual of an unused singular שמה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
Noun common masculine plural absolute
מי
מִי
who
4310
מי
mîy
Definition: who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
Root: an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מה) is of things,
Exhaustive: an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.
mîy
Definition: who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
Root: an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 (מה) is of things,
Exhaustive: an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.
Pronoun interrogative
ישכיב
יַשְׁכִּיב׃
he is laying down
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None
Definition: verseEnd
Root: None
Exhaustive: None
| None
Definition: verseEnd
Root: None
Exhaustive: None
7901
שכב
shâkab
Definition: to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
shâkab
Definition: to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Verb Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular
RBT Translation:
who he is counting laughing ones within the Wisdom? and decaying skin bottles/bags dual Heavenly ones who he is laying down
RBT Paraphrase:
Who is counting laughing ones within the Wisdom? Or who is laying down decaying skin bottles of dual Heavenly Ones?
Who is counting laughing ones within the Wisdom? Or who is laying down decaying skin bottles of dual Heavenly Ones?
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Who shall number the clouds in wisdom? and who shall cause the bottles of heaven to lie down?
Who shall number the clouds in wisdom? and who shall cause the bottles of heaven to lie down?
LITV Translation:
Who can by wisdom number the clouds or who can lay down the jars of the heavens,
Who can by wisdom number the clouds or who can lay down the jars of the heavens,
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, And has bowed the heaven down to the earth?
And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, And has bowed the heaven down to the earth?