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What isאֵי זֶהthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְby which the lightאוֹרis distributed,יֵחָלֶקor the east windקָדִיםscatteredיָפֵץoverעֲלֵיthe earth?אָרֶץ
Job 38:24
Study it in the app“What is the way by which the light is distributed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:24, word by word
- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- by which the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- is distributedיֵחָלֶקyechalek
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “yechalek” appears- or the east windקָדִיםkadim
east wind
A hot, dry wind from the desert that scorches plants.
Where else “kadim” appears- scatteredיָפֵץyafets
be scattered
To end up scattered in many places, like a people without a shepherd.
Where else “yafets” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
23which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
24 · This verse (above)
25Who has cut a channel for the flood, and a way for the lightning of the thunders,