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and I imposedוָאֶשְׁבֹּרon itעָלָיוmy limit,חֻקִּיand setוָאָשִׂיםa barבְּרִיחַand doors,וּדְלָתָיִם
Job 38:10
Study it in the app“and I imposed on it my limit, and set a bar and doors,”
God, from the storm, asks Job where he was when he founded the earthCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:10, word by word
- and I imposedאֶשְׁבֹּרeshbor
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “eshbor” appears- my limitחֻקִּchuki
limit
The line that marks how far something reaches.
Where else “chuki” appears- and setאָשִׂיםasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “asim” appears- a barבְּרִיחַberiach
bolt
The piece that locks a door shut.
Where else “beriach” appears- and doorsדְלָתָיִםdelatayim
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “delatayim” appears
Translation note
“I imposed”: literally “I broke.”
The context
9when I made the cloud its garment and thick cloud its swaddling band,
10 · This verse (above)
11and said, ‘As far as here you may come, and no farther; and here a limit shall be set to the haughtiness of your waves’?