Job 38:10 Go deeper

And brake up for it my decreed place , and set bars and doors, (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣רva.'esh.Borand I broke

Lemma: שָׁבַר (sha.var) · Strong's: H7665

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)

Meaning: to break

Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 19:9, Exodus 9:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 22:10, Exodus 22:14, Exodus 23:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7665; TAHOT Job 38:10 word 1

עָלָ֣יו'a.Lavon it

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 38:10 word 2

חֻקִּ֑יchu.Kiboundary my

Lemma: חֹק (choq) · Strong's: H2706I

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

Meaning: statute: allotment

Used 6 times. Also: Job 26:10, Proverbs 8:29, Isaiah 5:14, Jeremiah 5:22, Micah 7:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2706I; TAHOT Job 38:10 word 3

וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗יםva.'a.Simand I set in place

Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)

Meaning: to set: make

Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Job 38:10 word 4

בְּרִ֣יחַbe.Ri.acha bar

Lemma: בְּרִיחַ (be.ri.ach) · Strong's: H1280

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

Meaning: bar

Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 26:26, Exodus 26:27, Exodus 26:28, Exodus 26:29, Exodus 36:31, Exodus 36:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1280; TAHOT Job 38:10 word 5

וּדְלָתָֽיִם\׃u.de.la.Ta.yimand doors

Lemma: דֶּ֫לֶת (de.let) · Strong's: H1817C

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)

Meaning: door

Used 86 times. Also: Genesis 19:6, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 19:10, Exodus 21:6, Deuteronomy 3:5, Deuteronomy 15:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1817C; TAHOT Job 38:10 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

when I fixed	→	שָׁבַר H7665 to break
. . .	→	עַל H5921A upon
its boundaries	→	חֹק H2706I statute: allotment
and set in place	→	שׂוּם H7760A to set: make
its bars	→	בְּרִיחַ H1280 bar
and doors	→	דֶּ֫לֶת H1817C door

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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