Job 26:12 Go deeper
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He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. (KJV)
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בְּ֭כֹחוֹbe.kho.choby power his
Lemma: כֹּחַ (ko.ach) · Strong's: H3581B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: strength
Used 124 times. Also: Genesis 4:12, Genesis 31:6, Genesis 49:3, Exodus 9:16, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3581B; TAHOT Job 26:12 word 1
רָגַ֣עra.Ga'he stirred up
Lemma: רָגַע (ra.ga) · Strong's: H7280A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to disturb
Used 6 times. Also: Proverbs 12:19, Isaiah 51:15, Jeremiah 31:35, Jeremiah 49:19, Jeremiah 50:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7280A; TAHOT Job 26:12 word 2
הַיָּ֑םhai.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 26:12 word 3
מָ֣חַץMa.chatzhe shattered
Lemma: מָחַץ (ma.chats) · Strong's: H4272
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to wound
Used 14 times. Also: Numbers 24:8, Numbers 24:17, Deuteronomy 32:39, Deuteronomy 33:11, Judges 5:26, 2 Samuel 22:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4272; TAHOT Job 26:12 word 4
רָֽהַב\׃Ra.havRahab
Lemma: רַ֫הַב (ra.hav) · Strong's: H7294
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: Rahab monster
Used 4 times. Also: Job 9:13, Psalms 89:10, Isaiah 51:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7294; TAHOT Job 26:12 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| By His power | → | כֹּחַ H3581B strength |
| He stirred | → | רָגַע H7280A to disturb |
| the sea | → | יָם H3220G sea |
| by His understanding | → | תְּבוּנָה H8394 understanding |
| He shattered | → | מָחַץ H4272 to wound |
| Rahab | → | רַ֫הַב H7294 Rahab monster |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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