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It is changedתִּתְהַפֵּךְlike clayכְּחֹמֶרunder a seal,חוֹתָםand things stand outוְיִתְיַצְּבוּlikeכְּמוֹa garment.לְבוּשׁ
Job 38:14
Study it in the app“It is changed like clay under a seal, and things stand out like a garment.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:14, word by word
- It is changedתִּתְהַפֵּךְtithapech
change
To change something into something else.
Where else “tithapech” appears- like clayחֹמֶרchomer
clay
Wet earth, the potter's dough, or mire.
Where else “chomer” appears- under a sealחוֹתָםchotam
seal
Seal: an engraved piece that served as a personal signature; it was worn hanging from a cord or as a ring.
Where else “chotam” appears- and things stand outיִתְיַצְּבוּyityatsvu
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “yityatsvu” appears- a garmentלְבוּשׁlevush
garment
Garment, clothing.
Where else “levush” appears
Translation note
It can be understood that in the light of dawn the earth takes shape and color, like clay under the seal and like the folds of a garment.
The context
13so that it may seize the edges of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
14 · This verse (above)
15And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the raised arm is broken.