Job 39:14

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[Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?	Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,	And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Which leaveth^H5800 her eggs^H1000 in the earth^H776, and warmeth^H2552 them in dust^H6083,

Original Hebrew

כִּי־תַעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּצֶיהָ וְעַל־עָפָר תְּחַמֵּם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
תַעֲזֹ֣ב	ta.'a.Zo	H5800	HVqi3fs	it abandons
לָ/אָ֣רֶץ	la./'A.retz	H776	HRd/Ncbsa	to the/ ground
בֵּצֶ֑י/הָ	be.Tzei./ha	H1000	HNcfpc/Sp3fs	eggs/ its
וְֽ/עַל	ve./'al-	H5921	HC/R	and/ on
עָפָ֥ר	'a.Far	H6083	HNcmsa	(the) dust
תְּחַמֵּֽם	te.cha.Mem	H2552	HVpi3fs	it keeps (them) warm

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

Strong's References

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.
H1000 — בֵּיצָה (bêytsâh, bay-tsaw'): from the same as בּוּץ; an egg (from its whiteness); egg.
H2552 — חָמַם (châmam, khaw-mam'): a primitive root; to be hot (literally or figuratively); enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).
H5800 — עָזַב (ʻâzab, aw-zab'): a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.; commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.
H6083 — עָפָר (ʻâphâr, aw-fawr'): from עָפַר; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud; ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.

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

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
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.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (1): Proverbs 27:8

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