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Look,הִנֵּהplease,נָאits strengthכֹחוֹis in its loins,בְמָתְנָיוand its vigorוְאֹנוֹin the musclesבִּשְׁרִירֵיof its belly.בִטְנוֹ
Job 40:16
Study it in the app“Look, please, its strength is in its loins, and its vigor in the muscles of its belly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 40:16, word by word
- its strengthכֹחchoch
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “choch” appears- is in its loinsמָתְנָיmatnay
waist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matnay” appears- and its vigorאֹנon
vigor
A person's strength.
Where else “on” appears- in the musclesשְׁרִירֵיsherire
muscle, sinew
A muscle, a strong sinew. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 40:16).
Where else “sherire” appears- of its bellyבִטְנvitn
belly
The belly; also one's innermost part.
Where else “vitn” appears
The context
15Look, please, at Behemoth, which I made with you; grass like the ox it eats.
16 · This verse (above)
17It bends its tail like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are knit together.