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Death-like shadow: וְצַלְמָֽוֶת – tsalmaveth

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) KJV

Mass sinks in time, into stratified layers of sediment: a solid core on fire in the darkness, sunk in the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) MP Technical Paraphrase

The shadow of death: וְצַלְמָֽוֶת – tsalmaveth [death-like shadow, deep shadow] meaning to roll or tumble down. i.e. sink, sinking in the shadow of death.

Death-like shadow: וְצַלְמָֽוֶת – tsalmaveth

  • Root not used; Arab. to be obscure, dark; Syr. to figure, delineate.
    1. to tingle, of the ears; trop. of the lips, to quiver, Hab. 3:16, Hiph. to tingle, 1 Sa. 3:11.
    2. Kal to roll or tumble down. i.e. sink, Ex. 15:10
    3. Kal to be shaded, dark, Ne. 13:19.
  • Hiph. to shadow, Eze. 31:3.

Davidson Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon page DCXLV

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Gloom of the underworld: אֹ֣פֶל – ophel

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) KJV

Darkness, gloom: אֹ֣פֶל – ophel

  • Root not used, Arab. to set, go down, as the sun.
  • adj., late, as to growth, Ex. 9:32.
  • adj. masc. dark, obscure, Am. 5:20.
  • fem. darkness, thick darkness.
  • masc. thick darkness; trop. misfortune.
  • masc. darkness, Jos. 24:7.
  • great darkness, comp. of the preceding and lt. darkness of the Lord, Je. 2:31

Davidson Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon page XL-XLI

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A stone: אֶ֖בֶן – eben

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) KJV

A stone: אֶ֖בֶן – eben

  1. a stone, generally; the common stone of the field; a stone which may be thrown with the hand; hail stones; shining stones; obdurate heart.
  2. precious stone, gem.
  3. rock, Ge. 49:24
  4. weight, diverse weights; weights of (i.e. carried in) the bag.
  5. plummet, Is. 34:11 stones of desolations; i.e. minutely measured off for desolation.
  6. pr. names; a stone not far from Jerusalem 1 Ki. 1:9, a stone set up by Samuel.

Davidson Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon page IV-V

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He, she, it: ה֣וּא – hu or hi

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) KJV

He, she, it: ה֣וּא – hu or hi

  • masc., fem., pron. 3 pers. sing.
    1. he, she, it
    2. this, that, same.

Davidson Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon page CLXX

This word begins Part B of a couplet. If Job 28:3 is a couplet, then an accurate translation of Part B should be the confirmation that we got Part A correct. Let’s look at the words used. First off, an easy one.

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Searcheth out: תַּ֭כְלִית – taklith

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) KJV

Searcheth out: תַּ֭כְלִית – taklith

  1. end,
    • Ne. 3:21 even unto the end of the house of Eliashib
    • Job 26:10 unto the end of (= boundary between) light and darkness;
    • Job 28:3 and to every end (= to the furthest limit) he exploreth;
    • Job 11:7 unto the end of Shadday wilt thou reach
  2. completeness, as accusative of manner
  3. Psalms 139:22 with completeness of hatred I hate them.
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Shell: תַּ֭כְלִית – taklit

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) KJV

Searcheth out: תַּ֭כְלִית – taklith

  1. end,
    • Ne. 3:21 even unto the end of the house of Eliashib
    • Job 26:10 unto the end of (= boundary between) light and darkness;
    • Job 28:3 and to every end (= to the furthest limit) he exploreth;
    • Job 11:7 unto the end of Shadday wilt thou reach
  2. completeness, as accusative of manner
  3. Psalms 139:22 with completeness of hatred I hate them.
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All perfection: כֹּל – kol

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

(Job 11:7-8) KJV

All perfection: כֹּל – kol

  • The whole, all
    • to complete, Eze. 27:4, 11
      • Chald. Shaph. to complete, finish.
      • Istaph. to be finished, Ezr. 4:13, 16.
  • the whole, all
    1. with following Genitive (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, all or every:
      • the whole of their host,
      • the whole of living souls = every living soul,
      • the whole of what he had made,
      • all of thee !
      • the serpent was more subtil than all beasts of the field
    2. Absolutely
      • all things,
      • anything.
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To hang together: וּֽלְכָל־ – ulekal

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) KJV

To hang together: וּֽלְכָל־ – ulekal

  • I. to take, catch.
  • II. to intercept, Ju. 7:24.
  • III. to take, choose, by lot, Jos. 7:17.
  • Niph. to be taken, caught.
  • Hithp. to take or catch hold on each other, to hang together, Job 38:30; 41:9
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Darkness: לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ – choshek

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) KJV

Darkness: לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ – choshek

  • fut. – to be or become obscure, dark.
  • Hiph.
    1. to darken, make dark, obscure.
    2. to cause darkness, Ps. 139:12; Je. 13:16.
  • adj. masc., pl. obscure, mean, Pr. 22:29
  • masc. dec. 6c. –
    1. darkness
    2. calamity, misery.
    3. ignorance, Job 37:19.

During the formation of planet Earth, the action of the particles moving to form the core of the Earth is pictured in the sense of sinking into darkness and obscurity.

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