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Job 38

Job 38:40 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When they couch
shachach (Hebrew #7817)
to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)
KJV usage: bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.
Pronounce: shaw-khakh'
Origin: a primitive root
in their dens
m`ownah (Hebrew #4585)
feminine of 4583, and meaning the same
KJV usage: den, habitation, (dwelling) place, refuge.
Pronounce: meh-o-naw'
Origin: or msonah {meh-o-naw'}
, and abide
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the covert
cukkah (Hebrew #5521)
a hut or lair
KJV usage: booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: sook-kaw'
Origin: fem of 5520
to
lmow (Hebrew #3926)
to or for
KJV usage: at, for, to, upon.
Pronounce: lem-o'
Origin: a prol. and separable form of the prepositional prefix
lie in wait
'ereb (Hebrew #695)
ambuscade
KJV usage: den, lie in wait.
Pronounce: eh'-reb
Origin: from 693
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Cross References

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Gen. 49:9• 9Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? (Gen. 49:9)
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Num. 23:24• 24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. (Num. 23:24)
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Num. 24:9• 9He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. (Num. 24:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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When they crouch in their dens, and abide in the thicket to lie in wait?