Job 38:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?”

Job 38:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 38:510 words

HebrewMeaning

מִיmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

שָׂ֣םśām

appointverbH7760

any wise · bring · call · care ···

מְ֭מַדֶּי/הָməmadeyhā

measurenounH4461

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

תֵדָ֑עtēdāʿ

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

א֤וֹʾwō

alsoconjH176

and · either · if · at the least ···

מִֽיmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

נָטָ֖הnāṭāh

applyverbH5186

afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···

עָלֶ֣י/הָʿāleyhā

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

קָּֽוqāw

line. ComparenounH6957

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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