Job 41:2 Go deeper
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Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? (KJV)
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הֲתָשִׂ֣יםha.ta.Sim¿ will you put
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
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 41:2 word 1
אַגְמ֣וֹן'ag.Mona cord
Lemma: אַגְמֹן (ag.mon) · Strong's: H0100
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: bulrush
Used 5 times. Also: Job 41:20, Isaiah 9:14, Isaiah 19:15, Isaiah 58:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0100; TAHOT Job 41:2 word 2
בְּאַפּ֑וֹbe.'a.Poin nose its
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0639H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: face: nose
Used 27 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 7:22, Genesis 24:47, Exodus 15:8, Numbers 11:20, 2 Samuel 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0639H; TAHOT Job 41:2 word 3
וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַu.ve.Cho.achand with a hook
Lemma: חוֹחַ (cho.ach) · Strong's: H2336
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: thistle
Used 12 times. Also: 1 Samuel 13:6, 2 Kings 14:9, 2 Chronicles 25:18, 2 Chronicles 33:11, Job 31:40, Proverbs 26:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2336; TAHOT Job 41:2 word 4
תִּקּ֥וֹבti.Kovwill you pierce?
Lemma: נָקַב (na.qav) · Strong's: H5344A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to pierce
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 30:28, Leviticus 24:11, Numbers 1:17, 2 Kings 12:9, 2 Kings 18:21, 1 Chronicles 12:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5344A; TAHOT Job 41:2 word 5
לֶֽחֱיוֹ\׃le.che.yojaw its
Lemma: לְחִי (le.chi) · Strong's: H3895H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: jaw
Used 20 times. Also: Deuteronomy 18:3, Judges 15:15, Judges 15:16, Judges 15:17, 1 Kings 22:24, 2 Chronicles 18:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3895H; TAHOT Job 41:2 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Can you put | → | שׂוּם H7760H to set: put |
| a cord | → | אַגְמֹן H0100 bulrush |
| through his nose | → | אַף H0639H face: nose |
| or pierce | → | נָקַב H5344A to pierce |
| his jaw | → | לְחִי H3895H jaw |
| with a hook | → | חוֹחַ H2336 thistle |
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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