Study it in the app“It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out like a thin veil the heavens, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;”
It is he who sitsהַיֹּשֵׁבaboveעַלthe circleחוּגof the earth,הָאָרֶץand its inhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֶיהָare like grasshoppers;כַּחֲגָבִיםwho stretches outהַנּוֹטֶהlike a thin veilכַדֹּקthe heavens,שָׁמַיִםand spreads them outוַיִּמְתָּחֵםlike a tentכָּאֹהֶלto dwell in;לָשָׁבֶת
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appearscircle, vault
A circle; "the circle of the heavens" is the vault of the sky.
Where else “chug” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsgrasshopper
Grasshopper, a small locust.
Where else “chagavim” appearsstretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “note” appearsthin cloth
A thin, fine cloth; a veil.
Where else “dok” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsspread out
To spread out like a tent.
Where else “yimtache” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohel” appears21Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 · This verse (above)
23who brings rulers to nothing; the judges of the earth he makes like emptiness.
