Job 38:9
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עָנָן
ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
English grammatical function word ('swaddlingband'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equi...
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('swaddlingband'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they ...
Study GRAM →עָנָן ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
Study H6051 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
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