Have you enteredהֲבָאתָas far asעַדthe springsנִבְכֵיof the sea,יָםand in the recessesוּבְחֵקֶרof the deepתְּהוֹםwalked about?הִתְהַלָּכְתָּ
Job 38:16
Study it in the app“Have you entered as far as the springs of the sea, and in the recesses of the deep walked about?”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Job 38:16, word by word
- Have you enteredבָאתָvata
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vata” appears- the springsנִבְכֵיnivche
spring, source
A spring, a source (of the sea). It appears only once in the Bible (Job 38:16).
Where else “nivche” appears- of the seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- and in the recessesחֵקֶרcheker
depths
The deepest part, like the bottom of the deep.
Where else “cheker” appears- of the deepתְּהוֹםtehom
the deep
The deep waters: the deep sea, the ocean, and the waters under the earth. In the Hebrew Bible it is not a place of punishment or the place of the dead.
Where else “tehom” appears- walked aboutהִתְהַלָּכְתָּhithalachta
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “hithalachta” appears
The context
15And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the raised arm is broken.
16 · This verse (above)
17Have the gates of death been revealed to you, and the gates of the shadow of death have you seen?