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Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

מַ֭לְּפֵנוּMa.le.fe.nu[who] teaches us

Lemma: אָלַף (a.laph) · Strong's: H0502

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVprmsc)

Meaning: to teach/learn

Used 4 times. Also: Job 15:5, Job 33:33, Proverbs 22:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0502; TAHOT Job 35:11 word 1

מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹתmi.ba.ha.Motmore than [the] animals of

Lemma: בְּהֵמָה (be.he.mah) · Strong's: H0929

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: animal

Used 190 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 6:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0929; TAHOT Job 35:11 word 2

אָ֑רֶץ'A.retz[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 35:11 word 3

וּמֵע֖וֹףu.me.'ofand more than [the] bird[s] of

Lemma: עוֹף (oph) · Strong's: H5775

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: bird

Used 71 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5775; TAHOT Job 35:11 word 4

הַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavens

Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: heaven

Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT Job 35:11 word 5

יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ\׃ye.cha.ke.Me.nuhe makes wise us

Lemma: חָכַם (cha.kham) · Strong's: H2449

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)

Meaning: be wise

Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 1:10, Deuteronomy 32:29, 1 Kings 4:31, Job 32:9, Psalms 19:7, Psalms 58:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2449; TAHOT Job 35:11 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

who teaches us	→	אָלַף H0502 to teach/learn
more than the beasts	→	בְּהֵמָה H0929 animal
of the earth	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776H land: soil
and makes us wiser	→	חָכַם H2449 be wise
than the birds	→	עוֹף H5775 bird
of the air	→	שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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