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Look,הֶןElאֵלis great,שַׂגִּיאand we do notוְלֹאknow him;נֵדָעthe numberמִסְפַּרof his yearsשָׁנָיוis beyondוְלֹאsearching.חֵקֶר
Job 36:26
Study it in the app“Look, El is great, and we do not know him; the number of his years is beyond searching.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 36:26, word by word
- Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- is greatשַׂגִּיאsagi
great, mighty
Great, very mighty. Said only of God (Job 36:26; 37:23).
Where else “sagi” appears- know himנֵדָעneda
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “neda” appears- the numberמִסְפַּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- of his yearsשָׁנָיshanay
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanay” appears- searchingחֵקֶרcheker
unsearchable
Something so deep that no one can come to know it fully.
Where else “cheker” appears
The context
25Every human being has gazed on it; the mortal looks at it from afar.
26 · This verse (above)
27For he draws off drops of water; they distill rain for his mist,