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A boundaryגְּבוּלyou set,שַׂמְתָּwhich they will notבַּלpass over;יַעֲבֹרוּןthey will notבַּלreturnיְשׁוּבוּןto coverלְכַסּוֹתthe earth.הָאָרֶץ
Psalms 104:9
Study it in the app“A boundary you set, which they will not pass over; they will not return to cover the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 104:9, word by word
- A boundaryגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- you setשַׂמְתָּsamta
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “samta” appears- which they will notבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears- pass overיַעֲבֹרוּyaavoru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavoru” appears- returnיְשׁוּבוּyeshuvu
again
To do something one more time.
Where else “yeshuvu” appears- to coverכַסּוֹתchasot
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “chasot” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place that you founded for them.
9 · This verse (above)
10He sends springs into the streambeds; between the mountains they flow.