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will you spread outתַּרְקִיעַwith himעִמּוֹthe clouds,לִשְׁחָקִיםstrongחֲזָקִיםlike a mirrorכִּרְאִיof cast metal?מוּצָק
Job 37:18
Study it in the app“will you spread out with him the clouds, strong like a mirror of cast metal?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 37:18, word by word
- will you spread outתַּרְקִיעַtarkia
spread out
To lay out, like the earth or clouds.
Where else “tarkia” appears- the cloudsשְׁחָקִיםshechakim
cloud
What floats in the sky and brings rain.
Where else “shechakim” appears- strongחֲזָקִיםchazakim
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazakim” appears- like a mirrorרְאִיrei
mirror
A mirror. In ancient times it was made of polished metal. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 37:18).
Where else “rei” appears- of cast metalמוּצָקmutsak
cast
To melt metal and pour it into a mold.
Where else “mutsak” appears
Translation note
“Spread out”: the verb is the one for hammering a metal into a sheet; from it comes the word “vault” of Genesis 1:6. Ancient mirrors were of polished metal.
The context
17You whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,
18 · This verse (above)
19Make known to us what we should say to him; we cannot set words in order because of the darkness.