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Where isאֵי זֶהthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְto where lightאוֹרdwells?יִשְׁכָּןAnd darkness,וְחֹשֶׁךְwhere isאֵי זֶהits place,מְקֹמוֹ
Job 38:19
Study it in the app“Where is the way to where light dwells? And darkness, where is its place,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:19, word by word
- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- to where lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- dwellsיִשְׁכָּןyishkan
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “yishkan” appears- And darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- its placeמְקֹמmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears
The context
18Have you considered to the breadths of the earth? Declare it, if you know it all.
19 · This verse (above)
20that you may take it to its territory, and that you may discern the paths to its house?