Job 38:12

“Have you, since your days began, commanded the morning, made known to the dawn its place,”

Job 38:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 38:12, word by word

Have you, since your days beganיָּמֶיyame

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yame” appears
commandedצִוִּיתָtsivita

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

Where else “tsivita” appears
the morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

Where else “boker” appears
made knownיִדַּעְתָּהyidata

make known

To make someone aware, teach.

Where else “yidata” appears
to the dawnשַּׁחַרshachar

dawn

Dawn, daybreak.

Where else “shachar” appears
its placeמְקֹמmekom

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “mekom” appears

The context

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’?

12 · This verse (above)

13so that it may seize the edges of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

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