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Job 39:6

I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
Job 39:6
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי עֲרָבָ֣ה בֵית֑וֹ וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥יו מְלֵֽחָה׃

  1. אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-“which”
    Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
  2. שַׂ֣מְתִּיSam.ti“I appointed”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from שׂוּם · “put” · Strong's H7760H
  3. עֲרָבָ֣ה'a.ra.Vah“[the] desert plain”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from עֲרָבָה · “plain” · Strong's H6160L
  4. בֵית֑וֹvei.To“home its”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from בַּ֫יִת · “home” · Strong's H1004B
  5. וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥יוu.mish.ke.no.Tav“and dwelling-places its”
    Conjunction + Noun, feminine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from מִשְׁכָּן · “tabernacle” · Strong's H4908
  6. מְלֵֽחָה׃me.Le.chah“[the] saltiness”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from מְלֵחָה · “saltiness” · Strong's H4420
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)