Job 41:1 Go deeper

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? (KJV)

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תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְtim.Shokhwill you draw out?

Lemma: מָשַׁךְ (ma.shakh) · Strong's: H4900

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to draw

Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 37:28, Exodus 12:21, Exodus 19:13, Deuteronomy 21:3, Joshua 6:5, Judges 4:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4900; TAHOT Job 41:1 word 1

לִוְיָתָ֣ןliv.ya.TanLeviathan

Lemma: לִוְיָתָן (liv.ya.tan) · Strong's: H3882

Parsing: Noun · Title · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNtmsa)

Meaning: Leviathan

Used 6 times. Also: Job 3:8, Psalms 74:14, Psalms 104:26, Isaiah 27:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3882; TAHOT Job 41:1 word 2

בְּחַכָּ֑הbe.cha.Kahwith a fish hook

Lemma: חַכָּה (chak.kah) · Strong's: H2443

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

Meaning: hook

Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 19:8, Habakkuk 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2443; TAHOT Job 41:1 word 3

וּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶלu.ve.Che.veland with a cord

Lemma: חֶ֫בֶל (che.vel) · Strong's: H2256M

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: cord

Used 49 times. Also: Deuteronomy 3:4, Deuteronomy 3:13, Deuteronomy 3:14, Deuteronomy 32:9, Joshua 2:15, Joshua 17:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2256M; TAHOT Job 41:1 word 4

תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַtash.Ki.a'will you hold down?

Lemma: שָׁקַע (sha.qa) · Strong's: H8257

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhi2ms)

Meaning: to sink

Used 5 times. Also: Numbers 11:2, Jeremiah 51:64, Ezekiel 32:14, Amos 9:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8257; TAHOT Job 41:1 word 5

לְשֹׁנֽוֹ\׃le.sho.Notongue its

Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: tongue

Used 93 times. Also: Exodus 4:10, Exodus 11:7, Joshua 10:21, Judges 7:5, 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 5:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3956G; TAHOT Job 41:1 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Can you pull in	→	מָשַׁךְ H4900 to draw
Leviathan	→	לִוְיָתָן H3882 Leviathan
with a hook	→	חַכָּה H2443 hook
or tie down his tongue	→	לָשׁוֹן H3956G tongue
. . .	→	שָׁקַע H8257 to sink
with a rope	→	חֶ֫בֶל H2256M cord

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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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