Job 39:28 Go deeper

She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. (KJV)

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סֶ֣לַעSe.la'a rock

Lemma: סֶ֫לַע (se.la) · Strong's: H5553H

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

Meaning: crag

Used 56 times. Also: Numbers 20:8, Numbers 20:10, Numbers 20:11, Numbers 24:21, Deuteronomy 32:13, Judges 6:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5553H; TAHOT Job 39:28 word 1

יִ֭שְׁכֹּןYish.konit dwells

Lemma: שָׁכַן (sha.khan) · Strong's: H7931

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

Meaning: to dwell

Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 26:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7931; TAHOT Job 39:28 word 2

וְיִתְלֹנָ֑ןve.yit.lo.Nanand it may pass [the] night

Lemma: לוּן (lun) · Strong's: H3885A

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVtu3ms)

Meaning: to lodge

Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 24:54, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 31:54 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3885A; TAHOT Job 39:28 word 3

עַֽל\־'al-on

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 39:28 word 4

שֶׁן\־shen-[the] tooth of

Lemma: שֵׁן (shen) · Strong's: H8127I

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

Meaning: tooth: crag

Used 4 times. Also: 1 Samuel 14:4, 1 Samuel 14:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8127I; TAHOT Job 39:28 word 5

סֶ֝֗לַעSe.la'a rock

Lemma: סֶ֫לַע (se.la) · Strong's: H5553H

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

Meaning: crag

Used 56 times. Also: Numbers 20:8, Numbers 20:10, Numbers 20:11, Numbers 24:21, Deuteronomy 32:13, Judges 6:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5553H; TAHOT Job 39:28 word 6

וּמְצוּדָֽה\׃u.me.tzu.Dahand a stronghold

Lemma: מְצוּדָה (ma.tsu.dah) · Strong's: H4686B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: fortress

Used 17 times. Also: 1 Samuel 22:4, 1 Samuel 22:5, 1 Samuel 24:22, 2 Samuel 5:7, 2 Samuel 5:9, 2 Samuel 5:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4686B; TAHOT Job 39:28 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

He dwells	→	שָׁכַן H7931 to dwell
on a cliff	→	סֶ֫לַע H5553H crag
and lodges there	→	לוּן H3885A to lodge
his stronghold	→	מְצוּדָה H4686B fortress
is on	→	עַל H5921A upon
a rocky	→	סֶ֫לַע H5553H crag
crag	→	שֵׁן H8127I tooth: crag

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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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