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Whereאֵיפֹהwere youהָיִיתָwhen I foundedבְּיָסְדִיthe earth?אָרֶץDeclare it,הַגֵּדifאִםyou knowיָדַעְתָּunderstanding.בִינָה
Job 38:4
Study it in the app“Where were you when I founded the earth? Declare it, if you know understanding.”
God, from the storm, asks Job where he was when he founded the earthCreationGod answers Job from the whirlwind with questionsSuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:4, word by word
- Whereאֵיפֹהefo
where?
Where? From what place?
Where else “efo” appears- were youהָיִיתָhayita
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appears- when I foundedיָסְדִyasdi
found
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “yasdi” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- Declare itהַגֵּדhaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “haged” appears- you knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yadata” appears- understandingבִינָהvina
understanding
Understanding: the ability to comprehend and to tell one thing from another.
Where else “vina” appears
The context
3Gird up, please, your loins like a man; I will ask you, and you make known to me.
4 · This verse (above)
5Who set its measurements, if you know? Or who stretched over it a line?