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
Setteth: שָׂ֤ם – sum
- I. there, in that place; where; here-there; thence; whence.
- II. thither, after verbs of motion, wither.
- III. then, at that time.
- IV. thither; rarely, there; whither, – rarely where.
Davidson Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon page DCCXXII
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