Job 12:8 Go deeper

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. (KJV)

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א֤וֹ'oor

Lemma: אוֹ (o) · Strong's: H0176A

Parsing: Conjunction (HC)

Meaning: or

Used 320 times. Also: Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 24:55, Genesis 31:43, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0176A; TAHOT Job 12:8 word 1

שִׂ֣יחַSi.achcomplain

Lemma: שִׂיחַ (si.ach) · Strong's: H7878

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)

Meaning: to muse

Used 20 times. Also: Judges 5:10, 1 Chronicles 16:9, Job 7:11, Psalms 55:17, Psalms 69:12, Psalms 77:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7878; TAHOT Job 12:8 word 2

לָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzto the earth

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: soil

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776H; TAHOT Job 12:8 word 3

וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּve.to.Re.kaso it may teach you

Lemma: יָרָה (ya.rah) · Strong's: H3384B

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhu3fs)

Meaning: to show

Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 31:51, Genesis 46:28, Exodus 4:12, Exodus 4:15, Exodus 15:25, Exodus 24:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3384B; TAHOT Job 12:8 word 4

וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּvi.sa.pe.Ruand they may recount

Lemma: סָפַר (sa.phar) · Strong's: H5608A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpu3mp)

Meaning: to recount

Used 107 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 24:66, Genesis 29:13, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5608A; TAHOT Job 12:8 word 5

דְּגֵ֣יde.Gei[the] fish of

Lemma: דָּג (dag) · Strong's: H1709H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: fish

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 9:2, Numbers 11:22, 1 Kings 4:33, Nehemiah 13:16, Job 41:7, Psalms 8:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1709H; TAHOT Job 12:8 word 6

הַיָּֽם\׃hai.Yamthe sea

Lemma: יָם (yam) · Strong's: H3220G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: sea

Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3220G; TAHOT Job 12:8 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Or	→	אוֹ H0176A or
speak	→	שִׂיחַ H7878 to muse
to the earth	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776H land: soil
and it will teach you	→	יָרָה H3384B to show
let the fish	→	דָּג H1709H fish
of the sea	→	יָם H3220G sea
inform	→	סָפַר H5608A to recount
you	→

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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