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Whoמִיsetשָׂםits measurements,מְמַדֶּיהָifכִּיyou know?תֵדָעOrאוֹwhoמִיstretchedנָטָהover itעָלֶיהָa line?קָּו
Job 38:5
Study it in the app“Who set its measurements, if you know? Or who stretched over it a line?”
God, from the storm, asks Job where he was when he founded the earthCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:5, word by word
- setשָׂםsam
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appears- its measurementsמְמַדֶּיmemade
measurement
A measure, a measurement. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 38:5).
Where else “memade” appears- you knowתֵדָעteda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “teda” appears- stretchedנָטָהnata
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “nata” appears- a lineקָּוkav
measuring line
A stretched cord used to measure and mark out exactly.
Where else “kav” appears
The context
4Where were you when I founded the earth? Declare it, if you know understanding.
5 · This verse (above)
6On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,