Hebrew Interlinear

Job 38:5 Interlinear

Who hath laid the measures thereof if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1מִיH4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
2שָׂ֣םH7760Who hath laidto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
3מְ֭מַדֶּיהָH4461the measuresa measure
4כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
5תֵדָ֑עH3045thereof if thou knowestto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
6א֤וֹH176desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
7מִֽיH4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
8נָטָ֖הH5186or who hath stretchedto stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
9עָלֶ֣יהָH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
10קָּֽו׃H6957the linea cord (as connecting), especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord

Verse Context

Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth declare ...
Job 38:5 (current) Who hath laid the measures thereof if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line
Job 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ...

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