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Elohimאֱלֹהִיםunderstandsהֵבִיןits way,דַּרְכָּהּand heוְהוּאknowsיָדַעits place.אֶת מְקוֹמָהּ
Job 28:23
Study it in the app“Elohim understands its way, and he knows its place.”
Job asks where wisdom comes from and answers: only God knows its placeWisdom
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 28:23, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- understandsהֵבִיןhevin
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “hevin” appears- its wayדַּרְכָּdarka
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darka” appears- knowsיָדַעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- its placeמְקוֹמָmekoma
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekoma” appears
The context
22Abaddon and death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’
23 · This verse (above)
24For he looks to the ends of the earth; under all the heavens he sees.