Hebrew Interlinear
Job 38:28 Interlinear
“Hath the rain a father or who hath begotten the drops of dew”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | הֲיֵשׁ | H3426 | Hath | there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection) |
| 2 | לַמָּטָ֥ר | H4306 | the rain | rain |
| 3 | אָ֑ב | H1 | a father | father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application |
| 4 | א֥וֹ | H176 | desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if | |
| 5 | מִי | H4310 | who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | |
| 6 | ה֝וֹלִ֗יד | H3205 | or who hath begotten | to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage |
| 7 | אֶגְלֵי | H96 | the drops | a reservoir |
| 8 | טָֽל׃ | H2919 | of dew | dew (as covering vegetation) |
Verse Context
Job 38:27To satisfy the desolate and waste to spring forth ground and to cause the bud of the tender herb...
Job 38:28 (current)Hath the rain a father or who hath begotten the drops of dew
Job 38:29Out of whose womb came the ice and the hoary frost of heaven...