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Do you knowהֲיָדַעְתָּthe statutesחֻקּוֹתof the heavens?שָׁמָיִםCan you setאִם תָּשִׂיםits dominionמִשְׁטָרוֹon the earth?בָאָרֶץ
Job 38:33
Study it in the app“Do you know the statutes of the heavens? Can you set its dominion on the earth?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:33, word by word
- Do you knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yadata” appears- the statutesחֻקּוֹתchukot
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukot” appears- of the heavensשָׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- Can you setתָּשִׂיםtasim
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “tasim” appears- its dominionמִשְׁטָרmishtar
rule, dominion
Dominion, ruling authority. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 38:33).
Where else “mishtar” appears- on the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
32Can you bring out the constellations in their season, and the Bear with her children can you guide?
33 · This verse (above)
34Can you lift up your voice to the cloud, so that an abundance of waters covers you?