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Job 38:24

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Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?	By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?	Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

By what^H335 way^H1870 is the light^H216 parted^H2505, which scattereth^H6327 the east wind^H6921 upon the earth^H776?

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Original Hebrew

אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יֵחָלֶק אֹור יָפֵץ קָדִים עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֵי	'ei-	H335	HTi	where?
זֶ֣ה	zeh	H2088	HPdxms	this
הַ֭/דֶּרֶךְ	Ha./de.rekh	H1870	HTd/Ncbsa	(is) the/ way
יֵחָ֣לֶק	ye.Cha.lek	H2505	HVNi3ms	(where) it is divided
א֑וֹר	'or	H216	HNcbsa	light
יָפֵ֖ץ	ya.Fetz	H6327	HVhi3ms	(where) it scatters
קָדִ֣ים	ka.Dim	H6921	HNcmsa	(the) east wind
עֲלֵי	'a.lei-	H5921	HR	over
אָֽרֶץ	'A.retz	H776	HNcbsa	(the) earth

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

Strong's References

• H216 — אוֹר (ʼôwr, ore): from אוֹר; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
• H335 — אַי (ʼay, ah'ee): perhaps from אַיִן; where? hence how?; how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
• H2505 — חָלַק (châlaq, khaw-lak'): a primitive root; to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate; deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-) part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).
• H6327 — פּוּץ (pûwts, poots): a primitive root; to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse); break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.
• H6921 — קָדִים (qâdîym, kaw-deem'): or קָדִם; from קָדַם; the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind); east(-ward, wind).

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

• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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