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He stretches outנֹטֶהthe northצָפוֹןoverעַלthe void;תֹּהוּhe hangsתֹּלֶהthe earthאֶרֶץuponעַלnothing.בְּלִי מָה
Job 26:7
Study it in the app“He stretches out the north over the void; he hangs the earth upon nothing.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 26:7, word by word
- He stretches outנֹטֶהnote
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “note” appears- the northצָפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- the voidתֹּהוּtohu
formlessness
Without form or order, like the earth at first, or a desolate place.
Where else “tohu” appears- he hangsתֹּלֶהtole
hang
Hang; often, hang the body of an executed man in view of all.
Where else “tole” appears- the earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- nothingבְּלִיbeli
nothing
Nothing, nothing at all. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 26:7).
Where else “beli” appears
The context
6Naked is Sheol before him, and Abaddon has no covering.
7 · This verse (above)
8He binds up the waters in his clouds, and the cloud is not split beneath them.