Job 12:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:”

Job 12:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 12:79 words

HebrewMeaning

וְֽ/אוּלָ֗םwəʾwlām

as forconjH199

but · howbeit · in very deed · surely ···

שְׁאַלšəʾal

ask (counselverbH7592

on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···

נָ֣אnāʾ

I beseech theeparticleH4994

go to · now · oh

בְהֵמ֣וֹתbəhēmwōt

beastnounH929

cattle

וְ/תֹרֶ֑/ךָּwətōrekā

archerconjH3384

cast · direct · inform · instruct ···

וְ/ע֥וֹףwəʿwōp

birdconjH5775

that flieth · flying · fowl

הַ֝/שָּׁמַ֗יִםhašāmayim

heavenparticleH8064

astrologer · heaven

וְ/יַגֶּדwəyaged

bewrayconjH5046

certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···

לָֽ/ךְlākə

pron

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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