Job 12:8

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Or

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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to the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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and it shall

לָמַד

lâmad

H3925

properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)

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thee and the

דָּג

dâg

H1709

a fish (often used collectively)

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of the

יָם

yâm

H3220

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...

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shall

נָגַד

nâgad

H5046

properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...

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unto thee

Key Terms in This Verse

fishes H1709

דָּג dâg

a fish (often used collectively)

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declare H5046

נָגַד nâgad

properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, exp...

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teach H3925

לָמַד lâmad

properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)

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sea H3220

יָם yâm

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...

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speak H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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earth H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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