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orאוֹspeakשִׂיחַto the earth,לָאָרֶץand it will teach you;וְתֹרֶךָּand the fishדְּגֵיof the seaהַיָּםwill recount itוִיסַפְּרוּto you.לְךָ
Job 12:8
Study it in the app“or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will recount it to you.”
Job says even the beasts and birds teach who made all thisCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 12:8, word by word
- speakשִׂיחַsiach
speak
To tell something, recount God's works.
Where else “siach” appears- to the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and it will teach youתֹרֶtore
teach
To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.
Where else “tore” appears- and the fishדְּגֵיdege
fish
Fish; fish as a whole.
Where else “dege” appears- of the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- will recount itיסַפְּרוּysapru
recount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “ysapru” appears
The context
7But ask, please, the beasts, and they will teach you; and the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
8 · This verse (above)
9Who does not know among all these that the hand of YHWH has done this?