Job 28:2

“Iron is taken from the dust, and from stone copper is smelted.”

Job 28:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 28:2, word by word

Ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel

iron

Iron; an iron tool.

Where else “barzel” appears
is takenיֻקָּחyukach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

Where else “yukach” appears
from the dustעָפָרafar

dust

Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.

Where else “afar” appears
and from stoneאֶבֶןeven

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

Where else “even” appears
copperנְחוּשָׁהnechusha

bronze, copper

Bronze or copper.

Where else “nechusha” appears
is smeltedיָצוּקyatsuk

smelt

To get metal out of rock with fire.

Where else “yatsuk” appears

The context

1For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold that they refine.

2 · This verse (above)

3He sets an end to darkness, and to every limit he searches out the stone of gloom and of the shadow of death.

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