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Job 4:12

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The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.	Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.	In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now a thing^H1697 was secretly brought^H1589 to me, and mine ear^H241 received^H3947 a little^H8102 thereof.

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Original Hebrew

וְאֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב וַתִּקַּח אָזְנִי שֵׁמֶץ מֶנְהוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ֭/אֵלַ/י	Ve./'e.la/i	H413	HC/R/Sp1cs	and/ to/ me
דָּבָ֣ר	da.Var	H1697	HNcmsa	a word
יְגֻנָּ֑ב	ye.gu.Nav	H1589	HVPi3ms	it was brought secretly
וַ/תִּקַּ֥ח	va./ti.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ it received
אָ֝זְנִ֗/י	'a.ze.N/i	H241	HNcfsc/Sp1cs	ear/ my
שֵׁ֣מֶץ	She.metz	H8102	HNcmsa	a whisper
מֶֽנְ/הֽוּ	Men./Hu	H4480	HR/Sp3ms	of/ it

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.
• H1589 — גָּנַב (gânab, gaw-nab'): a primitive root; to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive; carry away, [idiom] indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.
• H1697 — דָּבָר (dâbâr, daw-baw'): from דָבַר; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause; act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H8102 — שֶׁמֶץ (shemets, sheh'-mets): from an unused root meaning to emit a sound; an inkling; a little.

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

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Cross References

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

• a little — 1 Corinthians 13:12
• a thing — Psalms 62:11

Reciprocal references (6): Genesis 20:3, Genesis 28:12, Job 13:1, Job 32:8, Job 42:5, Habakkuk 3:2

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• Nave’s: DREAM, FAITH, VISION

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