Job 38:12
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
בֹּקֶר
bôqer
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
דַּי
day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
שַׁחַר
shachar
dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Key Terms in This Verse
דַּי day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
Study H1767 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →מָקוֹם mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Study H4725 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
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