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Like stoneכָּאֶבֶןthe watersמַיִםhide themselves,יִתְחַבָּאוּand the faceוּפְנֵיof the deepתְהוֹםcongeals.יִתְלַכָּדוּ
Job 38:30
Study it in the app“Like stone the waters hide themselves, and the face of the deep congeals.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:30, word by word
- Like stoneאֶבֶןeven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears- the watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- hide themselvesיִתְחַבָּאוּyitchabau
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “yitchabau” appears- and the faceפְנֵיfene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “fene” appears- of the deepתְהוֹםtehom
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- congealsיִתְלַכָּדוּyitlakadu
General meaning: Take, capture.
Where else “yitlakadu” appears
The context
29From the womb of whom has the ice come out? And the frost of the heavens, who has given it birth?
30 · This verse (above)
31Can you tie the bonds of the Pleiades, or the cords of Orion loosen?