Job 41:7

“Can you fill its skin with darts, or its head with a harpoon for fish?”

Job 41:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 41:7, word by word

Can you fillתְמַלֵּאtemale

fill

To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.

Where else “temale” appears
its skinעוֹרor

skin, leather

Skin, hide; leather.

Where else “or” appears
with dartsשֻׂכּוֹתsukot

harpoon

A dart, a sharp-pointed harpoon. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 41:7).

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or its headרֹאשׁrosh

head

The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.

Where else “rosh” appears
with a harpoonצִלְצַלtsiltsal

harpoon

A pointed spear for catching large sea creatures.

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for fishדָּגִיםdagim

fish

Fish; fish as a whole.

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The context

6Will partners trade in it? Will they divide it among merchants?

7 · This verse (above)

8Lay your palm on it; remember the war; you will not do it again.

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