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Whoמִיhas putשָׁתwisdomחָכְמָהin the inmost parts,בַּטֻּחוֹתorאוֹwhoמִיhas givenנָתַןunderstandingבִינָהto the mind?לַשֶּׂכְוִי
Job 38:36
Study it in the app“Who has put wisdom in the inmost parts, or who has given understanding to the mind?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:36, word by word
- has putשָׁתshat
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “shat” appears- wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears- in the inmost partsטֻּחוֹתtuchot
inward parts
The inmost parts of a person, the hidden inner being. A word of uncertain sense; only plural.
Where else “tuchot” appears- has givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- understandingבִינָהvina
understanding
Understanding: the ability to comprehend and to tell one thing from another.
Where else “vina” appears- to the mindשֶּׂכְוִיsechvi
mind, rooster
A word that appears only once in the Bible (Job 38:36), of uncertain sense: the mind; according to others, the rooster.
Where else “sechvi” appears
Translation note
The two words translated “the inmost parts” and “the mind” are of uncertain sense.
The context
35Can you send out lightnings, so that they go and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 · This verse (above)
37Who can count the clouds with wisdom? And the wineskins of the heavens, who can tip them over,