Revised Version 1895

Job 40:15-24

15Beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009nowנָ֣אna'H4994behemothבְ֭הֵמוֹתVe.he.motH930,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Imadeעָשִׂ֣יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213with thee; he eatethgrassחָ֝צִ֗ירcha.TzirH2682asallיֹאכֵֽל׃yo.KhelH398oxכַּבָּקָ֥רka.ba.KarH1241.

16Loהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009nowנָ֣אna'H4994, hisstrengthכֹח֣וֹkho.ChoH3581is in hisloinsבְמָתְנָ֑יוve.ma.te.NavH4975, and his force is in themusclesבִּשְׁרִירֵ֥יbish.ri.ReiH8306of hisbellyבִטְנֽוֹ׃vit.NoH990.

17He moveth histailזְנָב֣וֹze.na.VoH2180like acedarאָ֑רֶז'A.rezH730: thesinewsגִּידֵ֖יgi.DeiH1517of histhighsפַחֲדָ֣יוfa.cha.dovH6344areknitH8276togetherH8276.

18Hisbonesעֲ֭צָמָיו'A.tza.mavH6106are astubesאֲפִיקֵ֣י'a.fi.KeiH650of brass; hislimbsגְּ֝רָמָ֗יוge.ra.MavH1634are likebarsכִּמְטִ֥ילkim.TilH4300ofironבַּרְזֶֽל׃bar.ZelH1270.

19He is the chief of thewaysדַּרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870ofGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410: he only thatmadeH6213himcanH6213makeH6213hisswordחַרְבּֽוֹ׃char.BoH2719toapproachיַגֵּ֥שׁya.GeshH5066unto him.

20Surelyכִּֽי־ki-H3588themountainsהָרִ֣יםha.RimH2022bringH5375himforthH5375foodב֭וּלvulH944;whereשָֽׁם׃ShamH8033allH3605thebeastsחַיַּ֥תchai.YatH2416of thefieldהַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗הha.sa.DehH7704doH3605playיְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־ye.sa.cha.ku-H7832.

21He liethunderתַּֽחַת־ta.chat-H8478thelotusצֶאֱלִ֥יםtze.'e.LimH6628trees, in the covert of thereedקָנֶ֣הka.NehH7070, and the fen.

22Thelotusצֶאֱלִ֣יםtze.'e.LimH6628trees cover him with their shadow; thewillowsעַרְבֵי־'ar.vei-H6155of thebrookנָֽחַל׃Na.chalH5158compass himaboutיְ֝סֻבּ֗וּהוּye.su.Bu.huH5437.

23Beholdהֵ֤ןhenH2005,ifH3588ariverנָ֭הָרNa.horH5104overflow, he tremblethnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808: he isconfidentיִבְטַ֓ח׀yiv.TachH982,thoughH3588Jordanיַרְדֵּ֣ןyar.DenH3383swellevenH3588to hismouthפִּֽיהוּ׃Pi.huH6310.

24Shall anytakeיִקָּחֶ֑נּוּyi.ka.Che.nuH3947him when he is on thewatchבְּעֵינָ֥יוbe.'ei.NavH5869, or pierce through hisnoseאָֽף׃'AfH639with asnareבְּ֝מֽוֹקְשִׁ֗יםbe.mok.ShimH4170?

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