Job 7:12
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?”
שׂוּם
To put, to set, to place. Shuwm. I have set the LORD always before me. A deliberate daily choice to keep God at the centre of everything.
מִשְׁמָר
a guard
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מִשְׁמָר
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)
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עַל
over/ me
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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תַּנִּין
the sea monster
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תַּנִּין
a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
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