Job 38:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.”

Job 38:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 38:36 words

HebrewMeaning

אֱזָרʾĕzār

bind aboutverbH247

gird (up · with)

נָ֣אnāʾ

I beseech theeparticleH4994

go to · now · oh

כְ/גֶ֣בֶרkəgeber

every onepronH1397

man · mighty

חֲלָצֶ֑י/ךָḥălāṣeykā

loinsnounH2504

reins

וְ֝/אֶשְׁאָלְ/ךָ֗wəʾešəʾāləkā

ask (counselconjH7592

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

וְ/הוֹדִיעֵֽ/נִיwəhwōdiyʿēniy

acknowledgeconjH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

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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