He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
(Job 28:3) KJV
Searches: חָקַר – chaqar
- to search
Surround: חוֹקֵ֑ר – chagar
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.
- he, she, it
- 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.
Continue reading “He, she, it: ה֣וּא – hu or hi”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
- 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
- completeness, as accusative of manner
- Psalms 139:22 with completeness of hatred I hate them.
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
- 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
- completeness, as accusative of manner
- Psalms 139:22 with completeness of hatred I hate them.
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.
- to complete, Eze. 27:4, 11
- the whole, all
- 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
- Absolutely
- all things,
- anything.
- with following Genitive (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, all or every:
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
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.
- to darken, make dark, obscure.
- to cause darkness, Ps. 139:12; Je. 13:16.
- adj. masc., pl. obscure, mean, Pr. 22:29
- masc. dec. 6c. –
- darkness
- calamity, misery.
- 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.
Continue reading “Darkness: לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ – choshek”Be discouraged: יָר֔וּץ – ratsats
Be discouraged: יָר֔וּץ – ratsats
- fut.
- to break, bruise, crush
- trop. to treat with violence, to oppress
- intrans. to be broken, Ec. 12:6
- Niph. to be broken, bruised.
- Po. to oppress, Ju. 10:8
- Hiph. to break in pieces, Ju. 9:53
- Hithpo. to struggle together, Ge. 25.22
- masc. a fragment, piece, Ps. 68:31
- fem. oppression, Je. 22:17
Davidson Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon page DCXCI
Discouragement is one of the concepts used in the Bible to describe the emotional condition we call depression.
To put, place, set: שָׂ֤ם – sum
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
Continue reading “To put, place, set: שָׂ֤ם – sum”From Tehom to Sheol
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
(Genesis 7:11-12) KJV
- IF God saw the wickedness of man,
- AND decided to take action,
- THEN the fountains of the great deep were established either:
- as a hedge against this outcome or,
- they existed for an unrelated reason.
The existence of hell isn’t an example of God being mean. Hell is the default outcome for all matter and souls, however there is a freely available alternative: faith and life in Jesus Christ.
Matty (Headwind) 