Hebrew Interlinear
Job 38:37 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Job 38:37, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“ Who can number the clouds in wisdom the bottles of heaven or who can stay”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | מִֽי | H4310 | who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | |
| 2 | יְסַפֵּ֣ר | H5608 | Who can number | properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra |
| 3 | שְׁחָקִ֣ים | H7834 | the clouds | a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament |
| 4 | בְּחָכְמָ֑ה | H2451 | in wisdom | wisdom (in a good sense) |
| 5 | וְנִבְלֵ֥י | H5035 | the bottles | a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); also a lyre (as having a body of like form) |
| 6 | שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם | H8064 | of heaven | 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 |
| 7 | מִ֣י | H4310 | who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | |
| 8 | יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ | H7901 | or who can stay | to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose) |
Verse Context
Job 38:36 Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom ...
Job 38:37 (current) Who can number the clouds in wisdom the bottles of heaven or who can stay
Job 38:38groweth When the dust into hardness and the clods cleave fast together...