Job 8:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

Young's Literal Translation
By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.

King James Bible
His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones.

Hebrew
His roots
שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו (šā·rā·šāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8328: A root

wrap
יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ (yə·sub·bā·ḵū)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5440: To interweave

around
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the rock heap;
גַּ֭ל (gal)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1530: Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water

he looks for
יֶחֱזֶֽה׃ (ye·ḥĕ·zeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2372: To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of

a home among
בֵּ֖ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

the stones.
אֲבָנִ֣ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 68: A stone

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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