Job

Job 39:1–3

¹“Do you know when mountain goats give birth?

Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?

²Can you count the months they are pregnant?

Do you know the time they give birth?

³They crouch down and bring forth their young;

they deliver their newborn.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do you know	הֲיָדַ֗עְתָּ	hă·yā·ḏa‘·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3045 know
when	עֵ֭ת	‘êṯ	Noun - common singular construct	H6256 time
mountain	סָ֑לַע	sā·la‘	Noun - masculine singular	H5553 crag, cliff
goats	יַעֲלֵי־	ya·‘ă·lê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3277 mountain-goat
give birth	לֶ֣דֶת	le·ḏeṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
Have you watched	תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃	tiš·mōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
the doe	אַיָּל֣וֹת	’ay·yā·lō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H355 hind, doe
bear her fawn	חֹלֵ֖ל	ḥō·lêl	Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H2342 whirl, dance, writhe

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Can you count	תִּסְפֹּ֣ר	tis·pōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5608 count
the months	יְרָחִ֣ים	yə·rā·ḥîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3391 month
they are pregnant	תְּמַלֶּ֑אנָה	tə·mal·le·nāh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H4390 be full, fill
Do you know	וְ֝יָדַ֗עְתָּ	wə·yā·ḏa‘·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H3045 know
the time	עֵ֣ת	‘êṯ	Noun - common singular	H6256 time
they give birth	לִדְתָּֽנָה׃	liḏ·tā·nāh	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine plural	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They crouch down	תִּ֭כְרַעְנָה	tiḵ·ra‘·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H3766 bow down
and bring forth	תְּפַלַּ֑חְנָה	tə·p̄al·laḥ·nāh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H6398 cleave
their young	יַלְדֵיהֶ֣ן	yal·ḏê·hen	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine plural	H3206 child, son, boy, youth
they deliver	תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃	tə·šal·laḥ·nāh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H7971 send
their newborn	חֶבְלֵיהֶ֥ם	ḥeḇ·lê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H2256 cord, territory, band

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

Job 39:1 Psalm 29:9 · 1 Samuel 24:2 · Psalm 104:18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.