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and said,וָאֹמַר‘As far asעַדhereפֹּהyou may come,תָבוֹאand noוְלֹאfarther;תֹסִיףand hereוּפֹאa limit shall be setיָשִׁיתto the haughtinessבִּגְאוֹןof your waves’?גַּלֶּיךָ
Job 38:11
Study it in the app“and said, ‘As far as here you may come, and no farther; and here a limit shall be set to the haughtiness of your waves’?”
God, from the storm, asks Job where he was when he founded the earthCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:11, word by word
- and saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- you may comeתָבוֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears- fartherתֹסִיףtosif
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosif” appears- a limit shall be setיָשִׁיתyashit
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “yashit” appears- to the haughtinessגְאוֹןgeon
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “geon” appears- of your waves’גַּלֶּיgale
wave
The rising swell of the sea.
Where else “gale” appears
The context
10and I imposed on it my limit, and set a bar and doors,
11 · This verse (above)
12Have you, since your days began, commanded the morning, made known to the dawn its place,