Job 12:11

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In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.	Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?	With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Doth not the ear^H241 try^H974 words^H4405? and the mouth^H2441 taste^H2938 his meat^H400?

Original Hebrew

הֲלֹא־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ אֹכֶל יִטְעַם־לֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הֲ/לֹא	ha./lo'-	H3808	HTi/Tn	¿/ not
אֹ֭זֶן	'O.zen	H241	HNcfsa	an ear
מִלִּ֣ין	mi.Lin	H4405	HNcfpa	words
תִּבְחָ֑ן	tiv.Chan	H974	HVqi3fs	does it test
וְ֝/חֵ֗ךְ	ve./Chekh	H2441	HC/Ncmsa	and/ a palate
אֹ֣כֶל	'O.khel	H400	HNcmsa	food
יִטְעַם	yit.'am-	H2938	HVqi3ms	it tastes
לֽ/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	(for)/ itself

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H241 — אֹזֶן (ʼôzen, o'-zen): from אָזַן; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man); [phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.
H400 — אֹכֶל (ʼôkel, o'-kel): from אָכַל; food; eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.
H974 — בָּחַן (bâchan, baw-khan'): a primitive root; to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate; examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
H2441 — חֵךְ (chêk, khake): probably from חָנַךְ in the sense of tasting; properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing); (roof of the) mouth, taste.
H2938 — טָעַם (ṭâʻam, taw-am'): a primitive root; to taste; figuratively, to perceive; [idiom] but, perceive, taste.
H4405 — מִלָּה (millâh, mil-law'): from מָלַל (plural masculine as if from מִלֶּה; a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic; [phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Reciprocal references (3): 2 Samuel 19:35, Job 6:6, Isaiah 11:3

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