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He coversמְאַחֵזthe faceפְּנֵיof the throne;כִסֵּהhe spreadsפַּרְשֵׁזhis cloudעֲנָנוֹover it.עָלָיו
Job 26:9
Study it in the app“He covers the face of the throne; he spreads his cloud over it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 26:9, word by word
- He coversמְאַחֵזmeachez
seize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “meachez” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the throneכִסֵּהchise
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “chise” appears- he spreadsפַּרְשֵׁזparshez
spread out
To spread out, to unfold. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 26:9).
Where else “parshez” appears- his cloudעֲנָנanan
cloud
A mass of vapor in the sky that gives shade, brings rain or covers the light.
Where else “anan” appears
Translation note
“Of the throne”: with other vowels the word reads “full moon.”
The context
8He binds up the waters in his clouds, and the cloud is not split beneath them.
9 · This verse (above)
10A limit he has drawn in a circle on the face of the waters, to the limit of light with darkness.