Job

Job 38:29–30

²⁹From whose womb does the ice emerge?

Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,

³⁰when the waters become hard as stone

and the surface of the deep is frozen?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
From whose	מִ֭י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
womb	מִבֶּ֣טֶן	mib·be·ṭen	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H990 belly, body, womb
does the ice	הַקָּ֑רַח	haq·qā·raḥ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7140 frost, ice
emerge	יָצָ֣א	yā·ṣā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
Who	מִ֣י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
gives birth to	יְלָדֽוֹ׃	yə·lā·ḏōw	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
the frost	וּכְפֹ֥ר	ū·ḵə·p̄ōr	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3713 bowl
from heaven	שָׁ֝מַיִם	šā·ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
when the waters	מַ֣יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
become hard	יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ	yiṯ·ḥab·bā·’ū	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2244 withdraw, hide
as stone	כָּ֭אֶבֶן	kā·’e·ḇen	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H68 stone
and the surface	וּפְנֵ֥י	ū·p̄ə·nê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
of the deep	תְ֝ה֗וֹם	ṯə·hō·wm	Noun - common singular	H8415 deep, sea, abyss
is frozen	יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃	yiṯ·lak·kā·ḏū	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot)

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

Job 38:29 Psalm 147:16–17 · Job 37:10 · Job 38:8 · Job 6:16

Job 38:30 Job 37:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.