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when I madeבְּשׂוּמִיthe cloudעָנָןits garmentלְבֻשׁוֹand thick cloudוַעֲרָפֶלits swaddling band,חֲתֻלָּתוֹ
Job 38:9
Study it in the app“when I made the cloud its garment and thick cloud its swaddling band,”
God, from the storm, asks Job where he was when he founded the earthCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 38:9, word by word
- when I madeשׂוּמִsumi
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “sumi” appears- the cloudעָנָןanan
cloud
A mass of vapor in the sky that gives shade, brings rain or covers the light.
Where else “anan” appears- its garmentלְבֻשׁlevush
garment
Garment, clothing.
Where else “levush” appears- and thick cloudעֲרָפֶלarafel
thick darkness
Thick, dark cloud; deep darkness.
Where else “arafel” appears- its swaddling bandחֲתֻלָּתchatulat
swaddling band
A swaddling band, the strip of cloth wrapped around a newborn. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 38:9).
Where else “chatulat” appears
The context
8And who shut in the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out from the womb,
9 · This verse (above)
10and I imposed on it my limit, and set a bar and doors,