Job 38:8 Go deeper

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? (KJV)

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וַיָּ֣סֶךְvai.Ya.sekhand he shut off

Lemma: סוּךְ (sukh) · Strong's: H5526A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to fence

Used 2 times. Also: Job 3:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5526A; TAHOT Job 38:8 word 1

בִּדְלָתַ֣יִםbid.la.Ta.yimwith 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 38:8 word 2

יָ֑םYam[the] 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 38:8 word 3

בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹbe.gi.Chowhen burst forth it

Lemma: גִּיחַ (gi.ach) · Strong's: H1518

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

Meaning: to burst/come out

Used 6 times. Also: Judges 20:33, Job 40:23, Psalms 22:9, Ezekiel 32:2, Micah 4:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1518; TAHOT Job 38:8 word 4

מֵרֶ֥חֶםme.Re.chemfrom [the] womb

Lemma: רֶ֫חֶם (re.chem) · Strong's: H7358

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

Meaning: womb

Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 20:18, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30:22, Exodus 13:2, Exodus 13:12, Exodus 13:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7358; TAHOT Job 38:8 word 5

יֵצֵֽא\׃ye.Tze'it came forth

Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318M

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to come out: produce

Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 25:25, Genesis 25:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3318M; TAHOT Job 38:8 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Who enclosed	→	סוּךְ H5526A to fence
the sea	→	יָם H3220G sea
behind doors	→	דֶּ֫לֶת H1817C door
when it burst forth	→	גִּיחַ H1518 to burst/come out
from the womb	→	רֶ֫חֶם H7358 womb
. . .	→	יָצָא H3318M to come out: produce

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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