Job 40:20

“For the mountains bring it produce, and all the animals of the field play there.”

Job 40:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 40:20, word by word

the mountainsהָרִיםharim

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

Where else “harim” appears
bringיִשְׂאוּyisu

carry

To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.

Where else “yisu” appears
produceבוּלvul

produce

What the hills yield as food.

Where else “vul” appears
the animalsחַיַּתchayat

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

Where else “chayat” appears
of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

Where else “sade” appears
playיְשַׂחֲקוּyesachaku

make merry

To make merry with music and dance.

Where else “yesachaku” appears

The context

19It is the beginning of the ways of El; its Maker brings near his sword.

20 · This verse (above)

21Under the lotus plants it lies, in the hiding place of the reeds and the marsh.

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