Study it in the app“Who has measured in the hollow of his hand the waters, and the heavens with the span gauged, and held in a measure the dust of the earth, and weighed with the scale the mountains and the hills with a balance?”
Isaiah asks who measured the waters in the hollow of his handCreation
Whoמִיhas measuredמָדַדin the hollow of his handבְּשָׁעֳלוֹthe waters,מַיִםand the heavensוְשָׁמַיִםwith the spanבַּזֶּרֶתgauged,תִּכֵּןand heldוְכָלin a measureבַּשָּׁלִשׁthe dustעֲפַרof the earth,הָאָרֶץand weighedוְשָׁקַלwith the scaleבַּפֶּלֶסthe mountainsהָרִיםand the hillsוּגְבָעוֹתwith a balance?בְּמֹאזְנָיִם
measure
To work out the size or extent of something with a cord, a reed or paces.
Where else “madad” appearshandful, palm
The hollow of the hand and what fits in it: a handful.
Where else “shaol” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsspan
Span: the open hand from the thumb to the little finger, about 22 centimeters.
Where else “zeret” appearsmeasure
To measure, make firm.
Where else “tiken” appearshold
To hold, or endure something.
Where else “chal” appearsmeasure
A measure for holding large quantities, of great capacity.
Where else “shalish” appearsdust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsweigh
Weigh; pay by weighing out silver.
Where else “shakal” appearsbalance, scale
A balance, a scale for weighing exactly.
Where else “peles” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appearshill
Hill.
Where else “gevaot” appearsscales
A pair of scales.
Where else “moznayim” appears11Like a shepherd he will tend his flock; with his arm he will gather the lambs, and in his bosom he will carry them; those that are nursing he will lead gently.
12 · This verse (above)
13Who has gauged the spirit of YHWH, or as the man of his counsel has made it known to him?
