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so that it may seizeלֶאֱחֹזthe edgesבְּכַנְפוֹתof the earth,הָאָרֶץand the wickedרְשָׁעִיםbe shakenוְיִנָּעֲרוּout of it?מִמֶּנָּה
Job 38:13
Study it in the app“so that it may seize the edges of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:13, word by word
- so that it may seizeאֱחֹזechoz
seize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “echoz” appears- the edgesכַנְפוֹתchanfot
edge
Literally "wing": the flap of a cloak, or the far reaches of the earth.
Where else “chanfot” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- be shakenיִנָּעֲרוּyinaaru
shake off
Shake, throw off with a jolt.
Where else “yinaaru” appears
The context
12Have you, since your days began, commanded the morning, made known to the dawn its place,
13 · This verse (above)
14It is changed like clay under a seal, and things stand out like a garment.