Whoמִיhas gone upעָלָהto the heavensשָׁמַיִםand come down?וַיֵּרַדWhoמִיhas gatheredאָסַףthe windרוּחַin his fists?בְּחָפְנָיוWhoמִיhas boundצָרַרthe watersמַיִםin the garment?בַּשִּׂמְלָהWhoמִיhas raised upהֵקִיםallכָּלthe endsאַפְסֵיof the earth?אָרֶץWhatמַהis his name,שְּׁמוֹandוּwhatמַהis the nameשֶּׁםof his son,בְּנוֹifכִּיyou know?תֵדָע
Proverbs 30:4
Study it in the app“Who has gone up to the heavens and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in the garment? Who has raised up all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son, if you know?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 30:4, word by word
- has gone upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- to the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and come downיֵּרַדyerad
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yerad” appears- has gatheredאָסַףasaf
gather
To bring together what was scattered, like the harvest.
Where else “asaf” appears- the windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- in his fistsחָפְנָיchafnay
two handfuls
Both fists full: what fits in the two hands together.
Where else “chafnay” appears- has boundצָרַרtsarar
bind
To tie or wrap something.
Where else “tsarar” appears- the watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- in the garmentשִּׂמְלָהsimla
cloak
Cloak: the outer garment, which also served as a covering for sleeping.
Where else “simla” appears- has raised upהֵקִיםhekim
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hekim” appears- the endsאַפְסֵיafse
end
The limit: "the far reaches of the earth".
Where else “afse” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- is his nameשְּׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- you knowתֵדָעteda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “teda” appears
The context
3And I have not learned wisdom, nor do I know the knowledge of the Holy One.
4 · This verse (above)
5Every saying of Eloah is refined; a shield is he to those who take refuge in him.