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Job 38:4
“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֵיפֹהʼêyphôh · ay-fo'
H375 · Hebrew
H375 · Hebrew
- Definition
- what place?; also (of time) when?; or (of means) how?
- Derivation
- from H335 (אַי) and H6311 (פֹּה);
- KJV renderings
- what manner, where.
- Grammar
- אֵיפֹ֣ה — particle (interrogative)
- Usage
- Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 37:16Judges 8:18Ruth 2:191 Samuel 19:222 Samuel 9:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֵיפֹה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.