Job

Job 4:12

¹²Now a word came to me secretly;

my ears caught a whisper of it.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now a word	דָּבָ֣ר	dā·ḇār	Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
came to me	וְ֭אֵלַי	wə·’ê·lay	Conjunctive waw; Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to
secretly	יְגֻנָּ֑ב	yə·ḡun·nāḇ	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1589 steal
my ears	אָ֝זְנִ֗י	’ā·zə·nî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H241 ear
caught	וַתִּקַּ֥ח	wat·tiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3947 take
a whisper	שֵׁ֣מֶץ	šê·meṣ	Noun - masculine singular	H8102 whisper
of it	מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃	men·hū	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.