Job 38:29 Go deeper

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? (KJV)

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מִבֶּ֣טֶןmi.Be.tenfrom [the] womb of

Lemma: בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) · Strong's: H0990H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: belly: womb

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 25:23, Genesis 25:24, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 38:27, Numbers 5:22, Numbers 5:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0990H; TAHOT Job 38:29 word 1

מִ֭יmiwhom?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Job 38:29 word 2

יָצָ֣אya.Tza'does it come forth

Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to come out: come

Used 620 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 9:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3318G; TAHOT Job 38:29 word 3

הַקָּ֑רַחha.Ka.rachthe ice

Lemma: קֶ֫רַח (qe.rach) · Strong's: H7140

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

Meaning: ice

Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 31:40, Job 6:16, Job 37:10, Psalms 147:17, Jeremiah 36:30, Ezekiel 1:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7140; TAHOT Job 38:29 word 4

וּכְפֹ֥רu.khe.Forand [the] frost of

Lemma: כְּפוֹר (ke.phor) · Strong's: H3713B

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

Meaning: frost

Used 3 times. Also: Exodus 16:14, Psalms 147:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3713B; TAHOT Job 38:29 word 5

שָׁ֝מַיִםSha.ma.yimheaven

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 38:29 word 6

מִ֣יmiwho?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Job 38:29 word 7

יְלָדֽוֹ\׃ye.la.Dodoes he give birth to it

Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to beget

Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Job 38:29 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

From whose	→	מִי H4310 who?
womb	→	בֶּ֫טֶן H0990H belly: womb
does the ice	→	קֶ֫רַח H7140 ice
emerge	→	יָצָא H3318G to come out: come
Who	→	מִי H4310 who?
gives birth to	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget
the frost	→	כְּפוֹר H3713B frost
from heaven	→	שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven

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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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