Job 41:5 Go deeper

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? (KJV)

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הַֽתְשַׂחֶק\־hat.sa.chek-¿ will you play

Lemma: שָׂחַק (sa.chaq) · Strong's: H7832

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpi2ms)

Meaning: to laugh

Used 36 times. Also: Judges 16:25, Judges 16:27, 1 Samuel 18:7, 2 Samuel 2:14, 2 Samuel 6:5, 2 Samuel 6:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7832; TAHOT Job 41:5 word 1

כַּצִּפּ֑וֹרka.tzi.Porlike <the> bird

Lemma: צִפּוֹר (tsip.por) · Strong's: H6833

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

Meaning: bird

Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 7:14, Genesis 15:10, Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:5, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6833; TAHOT Job 41:5 word 2

וְ֝תִקְשְׁרֶ֗נּוּve.tik.she.Re.nuand will you bind? it

Lemma: קָשַׁר (qa.shar) · Strong's: H7194

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqu2ms)

Meaning: to conspire

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 30:41, Genesis 30:42, Genesis 38:28, Genesis 44:30, Deuteronomy 6:8, Deuteronomy 11:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7194; TAHOT Job 41:5 word 3

לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ\׃le.na.'a.ro.Tei.khafor girls your

Lemma: נַעֲרָה (na.a.rah) · Strong's: H5291

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: maiden

Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:16, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:55, Genesis 24:57, Genesis 24:61 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5291; TAHOT Job 41:5 word 4

How the BSB renders it

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

Can you pet	→	שָׂחַק H7832 to laugh
him	→
like a bird	→	צִפּוֹר H6833 bird
or put him on a leash	→	קָשַׁר H7194 to conspire
for your maidens	→	נַעֲרָה H5291 maiden

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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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