1“Can you drawתִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְtim.ShokhH4900outLeviathanלִוְיָתָ֣ןliv.ya.TanH3882with a fishhookבְּחַכָּ֑הbe.cha.KahH2443?Or pressH8257downH8257his tongueלְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃le.sho.NoH3956with a cordוּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶלu.ve.Che.velH2256?
2Can youputהֲתָשִׂ֣יםha.ta.SimH7760aropeאַגְמ֣וֹן'ag.MonH100in his noseבְּאַפּ֑וֹbe.'a.PoH639Or pierceתִּקּ֥וֹבti.KovH5344his jawלֶֽחֱיוֹ׃le.che.yoH3895with ahookוּ֝בְח֗וֹחַu.ve.Cho.achH2336?
3Will he makeH7235manyH7235supplicationsתַּחֲנוּנִ֑יםta.cha.nu.NimH8469to you,Orאִם־'im-H518will he speakיְדַבֵּ֖רye.da.BerH1696to you softרַכּֽוֹת׃ra.KotH7390wordsH1697?
4Will he makeהֲיִכְרֹ֣תha.yikh.RotH3772a covenantבְּרִ֣יתbe.RitH1285with you?Will you takeתִּ֝קָּחֶ֗נּוּti.ka.Che.nuH3947him for a servantלְעֶ֣בֶדle.'E.vedH5650foreverעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769?
5Will you playהַֽתְשַׂחֶק־hat.sa.chek-H7832with him as with a birdכַּצִּפּ֑וֹרka.tzi.PorH6833,Or will you bindוְ֝תִקְשְׁרֶ֗נּוּve.tik.she.Re.nuH7194him for your maidensלְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃le.na.'a.ro.Tei.khaH5291?
6Will thetradersחַבָּרִ֑יםcha.ba.RimH2271bargainיִכְר֣וּyikh.RuH3739overעָ֭לָיו'A.lavH5921him?Will they divideיֶ֝חֱצ֗וּהוּye.che.Tzu.huH2673him amongבֵּ֣יןbeinH996the merchantsכְּֽנַעֲנִֽים׃Ke.na.'a.NimH3669?
7Can you fillהַֽתְמַלֵּ֣אhat.ma.Le'H4390his skinעוֹר֑וֹo.RoH5785with harpoonsבְשֻׂכּ֣וֹתve.su.KotH7905,Or his headרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ro.ShoH7218with fishingדָּגִ֣יםda.GimH1709spearsוּבְצִלְצַ֖לu.ve.tzil.TzalH6767?
8Layשִׂים־sim-H7760your handכַּפֶּ֑ךָka.Pe.khaH3709on him;Rememberזְכֹ֥רze.KhorH2142the battleמִ֝לְחָמָ֗הmil.cha.MahH4421;you will not doH3254it againH3254!
9Beholdהֵן־hen-H2005,your expectationתֹּחַלְתּ֥וֹto.chal.ToH8431is falseנִכְזָ֑בָהnikh.Za.vahH3576; Willyou be laidH2904lowH2904evenהֲגַ֖םha.GamH1571at the sightמַרְאָ֣יוmar.'AvH4758of him?
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