Job 40:24

“By its eyes can anyone take it? With snares can anyone pierce its nose?”

Job 40:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 40:24, word by word

By its eyesעֵינָיenay

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “enay” appears
can anyone take itיִקָּחֶyikache

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

Where else “yikache” appears
With snaresמוֹקְשִׁיםmokshim

snare

Snare, trap for hunting; whatever makes someone fall.

Where else “mokshim” appears
can anyone pierceיִנְקָבyinkav

pierce

To open a hole in something, to pierce it through.

Where else “yinkav” appears
its noseאָףaf

nose

The nose, the part of the face we breathe through.

Where else “af” appears

The context

23Look, the river oppresses, and it does not hurry; it is confident though the Jordan bursts out to its mouth.

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