Job 36:30

“Look, he spreads his light over himself, and the roots of the sea he covers.”

Job 36:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 36:30, word by word

he spreadsפָּרַשׂparas

spread out

To open out hands, wings or cloth.

Where else “paras” appears
his lightאוֹרor

light

The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.

Where else “or” appears
and the rootsשָׁרְשֵׁיsharshe

shoot

What gives rise to something; a shoot from a stock, like a descendant of Jesse.

Where else “sharshe” appears
of the seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

Where else “yam” appears
he coversכִּסָּהkisa

cover

To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.

Where else “kisa” appears

The context

29Can anyone understand the spreadings of the cloud, the clamor of his booth?

30 · This verse (above)

31For by them he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.

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