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who stretches outנֹטֶהthe heavensשָׁמַיִםby himselfלְבַדּוֹand treadsוְדוֹרֵךְonעַלthe high placesבָּמֳתֵיof the sea;יָם
Job 9:8
Study it in the app“who stretches out the heavens by himself and treads on the high places of the sea;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 9:8, word by word
- who stretches outנֹטֶהnote
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “note” appears- the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- by himselfבַדּvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- and treadsדוֹרֵךְdorech
tread
To step on; crush grapes underfoot.
Where else “dorech” appears- the high placesבָּמֳתֵיbamote
heights
The highest points of the earth or the clouds, trodden only by one who rules.
Where else “bamote” appears- of the seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears
Translation note
“The high places of the sea”: the crests of the waves.
The context
7who speaks to the sun, and it does not rise, and seals up the stars;
8 · This verse (above)
9who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;