Job 38:38 Go deeper

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? (KJV)

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בְּצֶ֣קֶתbe.Tze.ketwhen flows

Lemma: יָצַק (ya.tsaq) · Strong's: H3332G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to pour: pour

Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 28:18, Genesis 35:14, Exodus 29:7, Leviticus 2:1, Leviticus 2:6, Leviticus 8:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3332G; TAHOT Job 38:38 word 1

עָ֭פָר'A.for[the] dust

Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083

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

Meaning: dust

Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6083; TAHOT Job 38:38 word 2

לַמּוּצָ֑קla.mu.Tzakinto <the> lump

Lemma: מוּצָק (mu.tsaq) · Strong's: H4165

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

Meaning: casting

Used 4 times. Also: 1 Kings 7:16, 1 Kings 7:23, 1 Kings 7:37 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4165; TAHOT Job 38:38 word 3

וּרְגָבִ֥יםu.re.ga.Vimand [the] clods

Lemma: רֶ֫גֶב (re.gev) · Strong's: H7263

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

Meaning: clod

Used 2 times. Also: Job 21:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7263; TAHOT Job 38:38 word 4

יְדֻבָּֽקוּ\׃ye.du.Ba.kuthey are joined together

Lemma: דָּבַק (da.vaq) · Strong's: H1692

Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVPi3mp)

Meaning: to cleave

Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 31:23, Genesis 34:3, Numbers 36:7, Numbers 36:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1692; TAHOT Job 38:38 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

when the dust	→	עָפָר H6083 dust
hardens	→	יָצַק H3332G to pour: pour
into a mass	→	מוּצָק H4165 casting
and the clods of earth	→	רֶ֫גֶב H7263 clod
stick together	→	דָּבַק H1692 to cleave

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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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