Job

Job 38:12–13

¹²In your days, have you commanded the morning

or assigned the dawn its place,

¹³that it might spread to the ends of the earth

and shake the wicked out of it?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In your days	הְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָ	hə·mī·yå̄·mɛ·ḵå̄	Article, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H3117 day
have you commanded	צִוִּ֣יתָ	ṣiw·wî·ṯā	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
the morning	בֹּ֑קֶר	bō·qer	Noun - masculine singular	H1242 morning
or assigned	יִדַּעְתָּה	yid·daʿ·tå̄h	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3045 know
the dawn	שַׁחַר	ša·ḥar	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7837 dawn
its place	מְקֹמֽוֹ׃	mə·qō·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4725 standing, spot, condition

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
that it might spread	לֶ֭אֱחֹז	le·’ĕ·ḥōz	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H270 grasp, take hold, take possession
to the ends	בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת	bə·ḵan·p̄ō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct	H3671 wing, extremity
of the earth	הָאָ֑רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and shake	וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּ	wə·yin·nā·‘ă·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5287 shake, shake out or off
the wicked	רְשָׁעִ֣ים	rə·šå̄·ʿīm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal
out of it	מִמֶּֽנָּה׃	mim·men·nāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 38:12 Psalm 74:16 · Psalm 148:3–5 · Genesis 1:5 · Job 8:9 · 2 Peter 1:19 · Luke 1:78 · Psalm 136:7–8 · Job 15:7 · Job 38:21

Job 38:13 Psalm 104:35 · Job 37:3 · Exodus 14:27 · Psalm 139:9–12 · Psalm 104:21–22 · Job 24:13–17 · Psalm 19:4–6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.