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And who shut inוַיָּסֶךְthe seaיָםwith doorsבִּדְלָתַיִםwhen it burst forth,בְּגִיחוֹcoming outיֵצֵאfrom the womb,מֵרֶחֶם
Job 38:8
Study it in the app“And who shut in the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out from the womb,”
God, from the storm, asks Job where he was when he founded the earthCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:8, word by word
- And who shut inיָּסֶךְyasech
hedge in
To hedge around.
Where else “yasech” appears- the seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- with doorsדְלָתַיִםdelatayim
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “delatayim” appears- when it burst forthגִיחgich
burst out
Burst out, break forth suddenly, like water that bursts out.
Where else “gich” appears- coming outיֵצֵאyetse
spring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yetse” appears- from the wombרֶחֶםrechem
womb
The part of a mother's body where the child grows before birth.
Where else “rechem” appears
The context
7when the stars of the morning shouted for joy together, and all the sons of Elohim shouted in acclamation?
8 · This verse (above)
9when I made the cloud its garment and thick cloud its swaddling band,