Job
Job 41:8
8If you lay a hand on him,
you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If you lay | שִׂים־ | śîm- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| a hand | כַּפֶּ֑ךָ | kap·pe·ḵā | Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine singular | H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan |
| on him | עָלָ֥יו | ‘ā·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H5921 height |
| you will remember | זְכֹ֥ר | zə·ḵōr | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H2142 remember |
| the battle | מִ֝לְחָמָ֗ה | mil·ḥā·māh | Noun - feminine singular | H4421 battle, war |
| and never | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| repeat it | תּוֹסַֽף׃ | tō·w·sap̄ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular | H3254 add |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.