Job 38:34

“Can you lift up your voice to the cloud, so that an abundance of waters covers you?”

Job 38:34 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 38:34, word by word

Can you lift upתָרִיםtarim

lift up

To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.

Where else “tarim” appears
your voiceקוֹלֶkole

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

Where else “kole” appears
to the cloudעָבav

thick cloud

A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.

Where else “av” appears
so that an abundanceשִׁפְעַתshifat

abundance, multitude

Abundance, a great quantity of something: of waters (Job 22:11), of camels (Isaiah 60:6), of horses (Ezekiel 26:10); also a crowd of people (2 Kings 9:17).

Where else “shifat” appears
of watersמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
covers youתְּכַסֶּtechase

cover

To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.

Where else “techase” appears

The context

33Do you know the statutes of the heavens? Can you set its dominion on the earth?

34 · This verse (above)

35Can you send out lightnings, so that they go and say to you, ‘Here we are’?

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