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Have the gatesהֲ שַׁעֲרֵיof deathמָוֶתbeen revealedנִגְלוּto you,לְךָand the gatesוְשַׁעֲרֵיof the shadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתhave you seen?תִּרְאֶה
Job 38:17
Study it in the app“Have the gates of death been revealed to you, and the gates of the shadow of death have you seen?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:17, word by word
- Have the gatesשַׁעֲרֵיshaare
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaare” appears- of deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- been revealedנִגְלוּniglu
reveal
To make known, show openly.
Where else “niglu” appears- of the shadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתtsalmavet
deep darkness
Deep darkness: the thickest gloom. The word joins "shadow" and "death"; it is used for extreme danger, for the densest darkness and for the place of the dead.
Where else “tsalmavet” appears- have you seenתִּרְאֶהtire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tire” appears
The context
16Have you entered as far as the springs of the sea, and in the recesses of the deep walked about?
17 · This verse (above)
18Have you considered to the breadths of the earth? Declare it, if you know it all.