Job 40:17

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Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.	He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.	His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He moveth^H2654 his tail^H2180 like a cedar^H730: the sinews^H1517 of his stones^H6344 are wrapped together^H8276.

Original Hebrew

יַחְפֹּץ זְנָבֹו כְמֹו־אָרֶז גִּידֵי [פַחֲדֹו כ] (פַחֲדָיו ק) יְשֹׂרָגוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יַחְפֹּ֣ץ	yach.Potz	H2654	HVqi3ms	it stiffens
זְנָב֣/וֹ	ze.na.V/o	H2180	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	tail/ its
כְמוֹ	khe.mov-	H3644	HR	like
אָ֑רֶז	'A.rez	H730	HNcmsa	a cedar
גִּידֵ֖י	gi.Dei	H1517	HNcmpc	(the) sinews of
[פחד/ו כ] (פַחֲדָ֣י/ו ק)	[pachad כ] (fa.cha.do/v ק)	H6344 כ	[HNcmsc/Sp3ms כ] (HNcmpc/Sp3ms ק)	(thighs/ its ק)
יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ	ye.so.Ra.gu	H8276	HVPi3mp	they are intertwined

Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).

Strong's References

H730 — אֶרֶז (ʼerez, eh-rez'): from אָרַז (ʼâraz) H729; a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots); cedar (tree).
H1517 — גִּיד (gîyd, gheed): probably from גּוּד (gûwd) H1464; a thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon; sinew.
H2180 — זָנָב (zânâb, zaw-nawb'): from זָנַב (zânab) H2179 (in the original sense of flapping); the tail (literally or figuratively); tail.
H2654 — חָפֵץ (châphêts, khaw-fates'): a primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire; [idiom] any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
H6344 — פַּחַד (pachad, pakh'-ad): the same as פַּחַד (pachad) H6343; a testicle (as a cause of shame akin to fear); stone.
H8276 — שָׂרַג (sârag, saw-rag'): a primitive root; to intwine; wrap together, wreath.

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

H3644 — כְּמוֹ (kᵉmôw, kem-o'): or כָּמוֹ (kâmôw); (compare כֵּן (kên) H3651); a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so; according to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.

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