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Whoמִיcan countיְסַפֵּרthe cloudsשְׁחָקִיםwith wisdom?בְּחָכְמָהAnd the wineskinsוְנִבְלֵיof the heavens,שָׁמַיִםwhoמִיcan tip them over,יַשְׁכִּיב
Job 38:37
Study it in the app“Who can count the clouds with wisdom? And the wineskins of the heavens, who can tip them over,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:37, word by word
- can countיְסַפֵּרyesaper
count
To number one by one in order to know how many there are.
Where else “yesaper” appears- the cloudsשְׁחָקִיםshechakim
cloud
What floats in the sky and brings rain.
Where else “shechakim” appears- with wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears- And the wineskinsנִבְלֵיnivle
skin bottle
A vessel of leather or clay in which wine was kept.
Where else “nivle” appears- of the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- can tip them overיַשְׁכִּיבyashkiv
General meaning: Lie down.
Where else “yashkiv” appears
The context
36Who has put wisdom in the inmost parts, or who has given understanding to the mind?
37 · This verse (above)
38when the dust is poured into a mass, and the clods stick together?