Job 7:12

Old Testament • 4 words with Strong's data

"Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Am I a

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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or a

תַּנִּין

tannîyn

H8577

a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal

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that thou

מִשְׁלוֹחַ

mishlôwach

H4916

a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal, or a business to be disch...

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צָפָה

tsâphâh

H6822

properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await

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over me

Key Terms in This Verse

whale H8577

תַּנִּין tannîyn

a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal

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settest H4916

מִשְׁלוֹחַ mishlôwach

a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal, or a business to be discharged

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watch H6822

צָפָה tsâphâh

properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await

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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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