Job 39:6 Go deeper
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Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. (KJV)
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אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-which
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Job 39:6 word 1
שַׂ֣מְתִּיSam.tiI appointed
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to set: put
Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760H; TAHOT Job 39:6 word 2
עֲרָבָ֣ה'a.ra.Vah[the] desert plain
Lemma: עֲרָבָה (a.ra.vah) · Strong's: H6160L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: plain
Used 19 times. Also: Joshua 4:13, Joshua 5:10, 2 Samuel 17:16, 2 Kings 25:5, Job 24:5, Psalms 68:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6160L; TAHOT Job 39:6 word 3
בֵית֑וֹvei.Tohome its
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Job 39:6 word 4
וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥יוu.mish.ke.no.Tavand dwelling-places its
Lemma: מִשְׁכָּן (mish.kan) · Strong's: H4908
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: tabernacle
Used 139 times. Also: Exodus 25:9, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:6, Exodus 26:7, Exodus 26:12, Exodus 26:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4908; TAHOT Job 39:6 word 5
מְלֵֽחָה\׃me.Le.chah[the] saltiness
Lemma: מְלֵחָה (me.le.chah) · Strong's: H4420
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: saltiness
Used 3 times. Also: Psalms 107:34, Jeremiah 17:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4420; TAHOT Job 39:6 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I made | → | שׂוּם H7760H to set: put |
| the wilderness | → | עֲרָבָה H6160L plain |
| his home | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| and the salt flats | → | מְלֵחָה H4420 saltiness |
| his dwelling | → | מִשְׁכָּן H4908 tabernacle |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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