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Job 38:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?


Job 38:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 38:86 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּ֣סֶךְwayāsekə
coverconjH5526
defence · defend · hedge in · join together ···
בִּ/דְלָתַ֣יִםbidəlātayim
doorpronH1817
gate · leaf · lid
יָ֑םyām
sea ( -faring mannounH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
בְּ֝/גִיח֗/וֹbəgiyḥwō
break forthpronH1518
labor to bring forth · come forth · draw up · take out
מֵ/רֶ֥חֶםmēreḥem
matrixpronH7358
womb
יֵצֵֽאyēṣēʾ
appearverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
Words 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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