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And nowוְעַתָּהthey do notלֹאseeרָאוּthe light;אוֹרbrightבָּהִירit isהוּאin the clouds,בַּשְּׁחָקִיםand a windרוּחַhas passedוְ עָבְרָהand cleansed them.וַתְּטַהֲרֵם
Job 37:21
Study it in the app“And now they do not see the light; bright it is in the clouds, and a wind has passed and cleansed them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 37:21, word by word
- seeרָאוּrau
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “rau” appears- the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- brightבָּהִירbahir
bright
Bright, shining. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 37:21).
Where else “bahir” appears- in the cloudsשְּׁחָקִיםshechakim
cloud
What floats in the sky and brings rain.
Where else “shechakim” appears- and a windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- has passedעָבְרָהavra
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avra” appears- and cleansed themתְּטַהֲרֵtetahare
declare clean
To wash someone of impurity, or pronounce them free of it.
Where else “tetahare” appears
The context
20Will it be told him that I would speak? Has anyone said that he would be swallowed up?
21 · This verse (above)
22From the north comes gold; upon Eloah is fearsome splendor.