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He uncoversמְגַלֶּהdeep thingsעֲמֻקוֹתout ofמִנִּיdarkness,חֹשֶׁךְand brings outוַיֹּצֵאto lightלָאוֹרthe shadow of death.צַלְמָוֶת
Job 12:22
Study it in the app“He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 12:22, word by word
- He uncoversמְגַלֶּהmegale
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “megale” appears- deep thingsעֲמֻקוֹתamukot
deep
Deep, sunken; figuratively, hard to understand.
Where else “amukot” appears- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- and brings outיֹּצֵאyotse
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotse” appears- to lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- the shadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתtsalmavet
deep darkness
Deep darkness: the thickest gloom. The word joins "shadow" and "death"; it is used for extreme danger, for the densest darkness and for the place of the dead.
Where else “tsalmavet” appears
The context
21He pours contempt on nobles, and loosens the belt of the strong.
22 · This verse (above)
23He makes the nations great, and makes them perish; he spreads out the nations, and leads them.