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It is the heightsגָּבְהֵיof the heavens;שָׁמַיִםwhatמַהcan you do?תִּפְעָלDeeperעֲמֻקָּהthan Sheol;מִשְּׁאוֹלwhatמַהcan you know?תֵּדָע
Job 11:8
Study it in the app“It is the heights of the heavens; what can you do? Deeper than Sheol; what can you know?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 11:8, word by word
- It is the heightsגָּבְהֵיgavhe
height
The measure of something from bottom to top.
Where else “gavhe” appears- of the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- can you doתִּפְעָלtifal
do, make
Do, make, carry out.
Where else “tifal” appears- Deeperעֲמֻקָּהamuka
deep
Deep, sunken; figuratively, hard to understand.
Where else “amuka” appears- than Sheolשְּׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- can you knowתֵּדָעteda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “teda” appears
The context
7Can you find the depths of Eloah? Or can you find the very limit of Shaddai?
8 · This verse (above)
9Longer than the earth is its measure, and broader than the sea.