Job 38:40
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִשְׁכָּב
mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
מִנְהָרָה
minhârâh
properly, a channel or fissure, i.e. (by implication) a cavern
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
שָׁכַב
shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Key Terms in This Verse
מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Study H4904 →מִנְהָרָה minhârâh
properly, a channel or fissure, i.e. (by implication) a cavern
Study H4492 →סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →שָׁכַב shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Study H7901 →Cross References
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
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