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

When I

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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the

עָנָן

ʻânân

H6051

a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud

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the

בֶּגֶד

beged

H899

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

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 (...

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and

עָבֹת

ʻâbôth

H5687

intwined, i.e. dense

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חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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a

English grammatical function word ('swaddlingband'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equi...

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for it

Key Terms in This Verse

swaddlingband GRAM

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 ...

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thick H5687

עָבֹת ʻâbôth

intwined, i.e. dense

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garment H899

בֶּגֶד beged

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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cloud H6051

עָנָן ʻânân

a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud

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darkness H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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thereof H2490

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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made H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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