Hebrew Interlinear

Job 12:7 Interlinear

“But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee and the fowls of the air and they shall tell ”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְֽאוּלָ֗ם	H199	But	however or on the contrary
2	שְׁאַל	H7592	ask	to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
3	נָ֣א	H4994		'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
4	בְהֵמ֣וֹת	H929	now the beasts	properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
5	וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ	H3384	and they shall teach	properly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by
6	וְע֥וֹף	H5775	thee and the fowls	a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
7	הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם	H8064	of the air	the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
8	וְיַגֶּד	H5046	and they shall tell	properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
9	לָֽךְ׃	H0

Job 12:7 (current)But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee and the fowls of the air and they shall tell