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when he madeבַּעֲשֹׂתוֹa statuteחֹקfor the rain,לַמָּטָרand a wayוְדֶרֶךְfor the lightningלַחֲזִיזof the thunders;קֹלוֹת
Job 28:26
Study it in the app“when he made a statute for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunders;”
Job asks where wisdom comes from and answers: only God knows its placeWisdom
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 28:26, word by word
- when he madeעֲשֹׂתasot
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asot” appears- a statuteחֹקchok
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chok” appears- for the rainמָּטָרmatar
rain
Rain.
Where else “matar” appears- and a wayדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- for the lightningחֲזִיזchaziz
thunderbolt, lightning flash
A flash of lightning, the bolt of a storm.
Where else “chaziz” appears- of the thundersקֹלוֹתkolot
thunder
The roar of the sky that goes with a storm.
Where else “kolot” appears
The context
25When he made a weight for the wind, and regulated the waters by measure;
26 · This verse (above)
27then he saw it and recounted it; he established it, and also searched it out.