Job 38:25

“Who has cut a channel for the flood, and a way for the lightning of the thunders,”

Job 38:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 38:25, word by word

has cutפִלַּגfilag

cut a channel

Dig a channel so the water can run.

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a channelתְּעָלָהteala

trench

A ditch where water runs.

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for the floodשֶּׁטֶףshetef

flood, torrent

A flood, a torrent of waters that sweeps all away.

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and a wayדֶרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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for the lightningחֲזִיזchaziz

thunderbolt, lightning flash

A flash of lightning, the bolt of a storm.

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of the thundersקֹלוֹתkolot

thunder

The roar of the sky that goes with a storm.

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The context

24What is the way by which the light is distributed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

25 · This verse (above)

26to bring rain on a land without man, a wilderness in which there is no human being,

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