Job

Job 39:5–7

⁵Who set the wild donkey free?

Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

⁶I made the wilderness his home

and the salt flats his dwelling.

⁷He scorns the tumult of the city

and never hears the shouts of a driver.

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
Who	מִֽי־	mî-	Interrogative	H4310 who?
set	שִׁלַּ֣ח	šil·laḥ	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
the wild donkey	פֶּ֣רֶא	pe·re	Noun - masculine singular	H6501 wild ass
free	חָפְשִׁ֑י	ḥā·p̄ə·šî	Adjective - masculine singular	H2670 free
Who	מִ֣י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
released	פִתֵּֽחַ׃	p̄it·tê·aḥ	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6605 open
the swift donkey	עָ֝ר֗וֹד	‘ā·rō·wḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H6171 wild ass
from the harness	וּמֹסְר֥וֹת	ū·mō·sə·rō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H4147 chastisement, halter, restraint

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I made	שַׂ֣מְתִּי	śam·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7760 put, place, set
the wilderness	עֲרָבָ֣ה	‘ă·rā·ḇāh	Noun - feminine singular	H6160 desert-plain, steppe
his home	בֵית֑וֹ	ḇê·ṯōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1004 house
and the salt flats	מְלֵֽחָה׃	mə·lê·ḥāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4420 saltness, barrenness
his dwelling	וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥יו	ū·miš·kə·nō·w·ṯāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4908 dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He scorns	יִ֭שְׂחַק	yiś·ḥaq	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7832 laugh
the tumult	לַהֲמ֣וֹן	la·hă·mō·wn	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1995 sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance
of the city	קִרְיָ֑ה	qir·yāh	Noun - feminine singular	H7151 town, city
and never	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
hears	יִשְׁמָֽע׃	yiš·mā‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8085 hear
the shouts	תְּשֻׁא֥וֹת	tə·šu·’ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H8663 noise
of a driver	נ֝וֹגֵ֗שׂ	nō·w·ḡêś	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5065 press, drive, oppress, exact

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

Job 39:5 Job 6:5 · Job 11:12 · Job 24:5 · Psalm 104:11

Job 39:6 Psalm 107:34 · Jeremiah 17:6 · Job 24:5 · Deuteronomy 29:23 · Jeremiah 2:24

Job 39:7 Job 3:18 · Exodus 5:18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.