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Against the flintבַּחַלָּמִישׁhe puts forthשָׁלַחhis hand;יָדוֹhe overturnsהָפַךְthe mountainsהָרִיםfrom the root.מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ
Job 28:9
Study it in the app“Against the flint he puts forth his hand; he overturns the mountains from the root.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 28:9, word by word
- Against the flintחַלָּמִישׁchalamish
flint
Flint: a very hard stone.
Where else “chalamish” appears- he puts forthשָׁלַחshalach
stretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “shalach” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- he overturnsהָפַךְhafach
overthrow
To bring down cities like Sodom.
Where else “hafach” appears- the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- from the rootשֹּׁרֶשׁshoresh
shoot
What gives rise to something; a shoot from a stock, like a descendant of Jesse.
Where else “shoresh” appears
The context
8the sons of pride have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed over it.
9 · This verse (above)
10In the rocks he cuts channels, and every precious thing his eye sees.