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On the handבְּיַדof everyכָּלhuman beingאָדָםhe sets a seal,יַחְתּוֹםso thatלָallכָּלthe menאַנְשֵׁיof his makingמַעֲשֵׂהוּmay know.דַעַת
Job 37:7
Study it in the app“On the hand of every human being he sets a seal, so that all the men of his making may know.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 37:7, word by word
- On the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- he sets a sealיַחְתּוֹםyachtom
seal, stop up
Seal, close up. Of the body, be blocked so that a discharge does not come out.
Where else “yachtom” appears- the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of his makingמַעֲשֵׂmaase
workmanship
Something made by hand: a piece of craftsmanship, or an idol.
Where else “maase” appears- may knowדַעַתdaat
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “daat” appears
Translation note
“He sets a seal on the hand”: it can be understood that with the storm and the cold he stops everyone’s work.
The context
6For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the downpour of rain, and to the downpour of his mighty rains.
7 · This verse (above)
8And the animal goes into its lair, and in its dwellings it stays.