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Forכִּיto the snowלַשֶּׁלַגhe says,יֹאמַר‘Fallהֱוֵאon the earth,’אָרֶץand to the downpourוְגֶשֶׁםof rain,מָטָרand to the downpourוְגֶשֶׁםof his mightyעֻזּוֹrains.מִטְרוֹת
Job 37:6
Study it in the app“For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the downpour of rain, and to the downpour of his mighty rains.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 37:6, word by word
- to the snowשֶּׁלַגshelag
snow
Snow.
Where else “shelag” appears- he saysיֹאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- ‘Fallהֱוֵאheve
fall
Come down, like snow.
Where else “heve” appears- on the earth,’אָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and to the downpourגֶשֶׁםgeshem
heavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshem” appears- of rainמָטָרmatar
rain
Rain.
Where else “matar” appears- of his mightyעֻזּuz
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “uz” appears
The context
5El thunders with his voice wondrously; he does great things, and we do not know them.
6 · This verse (above)
7On the hand of every human being he sets a seal, so that all the men of his making may know.