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Jobchapter 38

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Job 38— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Jehovah Answers Out of the Whirlwind: Where Wast Thou?1

Job 38:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיַּֽעַן־vaiyaan-and he answeredH6030יְהוָ֣הyahwehYahwehH3068אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853אִ֭יּוֹבʾiyovJobH347מִ֥ן׀minfromH4480הַסְּעָרָ֗הhasearahthe tempestH5591וַיֹּאמַֽר׃vaiyomarand he saidH559

Rashi on Job 38:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
from the tempest Heb. מן הסערה. Count your hairs and I will give you as many answers.

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Job 38:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣רvaeshborand I brokeH7665עָלָ֣יוʾalavon itH5921חֻקִּ֑יchukiboundary myH2706וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗יםvaasimand I set in placeH7760בְּרִ֣יחַberiacha barH1280וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃udelatayimand doorsH1817

Rashi on Job 38:10

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
and broke I made breaks in it [the sea] all around to keep it back within them, and they are its boundary, which it shall not pass, as in (Joshua:5), “and they pursued them until the quarries (השברים)” which are the ditches around the city.

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Job 38:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

לֶ֭אֱחֹזleechozto take holdH270בְּכַנְפ֣וֹתbekhanfoton [the] corners ofH3671הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretzthe earthH776וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּveyinaaruso they may be shakenH5287רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimwicked [people]H7563מִמֶּֽנָּה׃mimenahfrom itH4480

Rashi on Job 38:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
To grasp the corners of the earth Moreover, in all your days, did you command [anyone] to grasp the corners of the earth like a man who grasps the corners of a garment and shakes it?

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