Job 39:6

“to whom I gave the steppe as his home, and as his dwellings the salt land.”

Job 39:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 39:6, word by word

I gaveשַׂמְתִּיsamti

appoint

To set someone as leader, or fix something.

Where else “samti” appears
the steppeעֲרָבָהarava

plain

Flat, dry land, where there is almost no water.

Where else “arava” appears
as his homeבֵיתvet

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “vet” appears
and as his dwellingsמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָיmishknotay

home

The house or place where someone lives.

Where else “mishknotay” appears
the salt landמְלֵחָהmelecha

salt land

Salty, barren land.

Where else “melecha” appears

The context

5Who sent out the wild donkey free, and the bonds of the onager who loosed?

6 · This verse (above)

7He laughs at the multitude of the city; the clamor of the driver he does not hear.

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