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He setsשָׂםan endקֵץto darkness,לַחֹשֶׁךְand to everyוּלְכָלlimitתַּכְלִיתheהוּאsearches outחוֹקֵרthe stoneאֶבֶןof gloomאֹפֶלand of the shadow of death.וְצַלְמָוֶת
Job 28:3
Study it in the app“He sets an end to darkness, and to every limit he searches out the stone of gloom and of the shadow of death.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 28:3, word by word
- He setsשָׂםsam
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appears- an endקֵץkets
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appears- to darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- limitתַּכְלִיתtachlit
limit
How far something reaches, its farthest point.
Where else “tachlit” appears- searches outחוֹקֵרchoker
search out, examine
Search out: examine something thoroughly.
Where else “choker” appears- the stoneאֶבֶןeven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears- of gloomאֹפֶלofel
gloom, thick darkness
Gloom, thick darkness, like that of deep night. It is a different word from ordinary "darkness."
Where else “ofel” appears- and of the shadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתtsalmavet
deep darkness
Deep darkness: the thickest gloom. The word joins "shadow" and "death"; it is used for extreme danger, for the densest darkness and for the place of the dead.
Where else “tsalmavet” appears
Translation note
It can be understood that verses 1 to 11 describe the work of the miner, who searches for metals and precious stones in the depths of the earth. The Hebrew does not name the subject.
The context
2Iron is taken from the dust, and from stone copper is smelted.
3 · This verse (above)
4He breaks open a shaft far from where people live; forgotten by the foot, they hang far from mortals, they sway.