Job 40:9 Go deeper

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? (KJV)

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וְאִם\־ve.'im-and or?

Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518I

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: if: surely yes

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 24:38, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 30:1, Genesis 31:52, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 47:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0518I; TAHOT Job 40:9 word 1

זְר֖וֹעַze.Ro.a'[does] an arm

Lemma: זְרוֹעַ (ze.ro.a) · Strong's: H2220

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

Meaning: arm

Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 49:24, Exodus 6:6, Exodus 15:16, Numbers 6:19, Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 5:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2220; TAHOT Job 40:9 word 2

כָּאֵ֥ל\׀ka.'Ellike <the> God

Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410G

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

Meaning: God

Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0410G; TAHOT Job 40:9 word 3

וּ֝בְק֗וֹלu.ve.Koland with a voice

Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A

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

Meaning: voice

Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Job 40:9 word 4

כָּמֹ֥הוּka.Mo.hulike him

Lemma: כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) · Strong's: H3644G

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: like

Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 41:39, Genesis 44:15, Genesis 44:18, Exodus 9:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3644G; TAHOT Job 40:9 word 5

תַרְעֵֽם\׃tar.'Emwill you thunder?

Lemma: רָעַם (ra.am) · Strong's: H7481

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhj2ms)

Meaning: to thunder

Used 13 times. Also: 1 Samuel 1:6, 1 Samuel 2:10, 1 Samuel 7:10, 2 Samuel 22:14, 1 Chronicles 16:32, Job 37:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7481; TAHOT Job 40:9 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Do you have an arm	→	זְרוֹעַ H2220 arm
like God’s	→	אֵל H0410G God
Can you thunder	→	רָעַם H7481 to thunder
with a voice	→	קוֹל H6963A voice
like His	→	כְּמוֹ H3644G like

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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