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By his knowledgeבְּדַעְתּוֹthe deepsתְּהוֹמוֹתwere split open,נִבְקָעוּandוּthe cloudsשְׁחָקִיםdripיִרְעֲפוּdew.טָל
Proverbs 3:20
Study it in the app“By his knowledge the deeps were split open, and the clouds drip dew.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 3:20, word by word
- By his knowledgeדַעְתּdat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “dat” appears- the deepsתְּהוֹמוֹתtehomot
the deep
The deep waters: the deep sea, the ocean, and the waters under the earth. In the Hebrew Bible it is not a place of punishment or the place of the dead.
Where else “tehomot” appears- were split openנִבְקָעוּnivkau
split
To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.
Where else “nivkau” appears- the cloudsשְׁחָקִיםshechakim
cloud
What floats in the sky and brings rain.
Where else “shechakim” appears- dripיִרְעֲפוּyirafu
drip
To drip, to trickle.
Where else “yirafu” appears- dewטָלtal
dew
Dew: the moisture of the night, which in a dry land keeps the plants alive.
Where else “tal” appears
The context
19YHWH by wisdom founded the earth; he established the heavens by insight.
20 · This verse (above)
21My son, let them not slip from your eyes; keep sound judgment and discretion;