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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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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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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

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Gravity as a Process

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

(Job 28:3) KJV

There are some eyebrow-raising translations of this verse which have been rendered by people who were trying very hard to make sense out of it. Here’s an example:

Miners explore the deepest darkness.
They search the depths of the earth And dig for rocks in the darkness.

(Job 28:3) Good News Translation
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January 23rd

Newton’s Third Law of Motion

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.

(Ecclesiastes 3:1-8) ESV

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven,” from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 is a clear statement of Newton’s third law of motion, and it describes the relationship of cause and effect.

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