Job 36:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־כַּפַּ֥יִם כִּסָּה־א֑וֹר וַיְצַ֖ו עָלֶ֣יהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃

Transliteration

ʿal-kappayim kissāh-ʾôr wayəṣaw ʿāleyhā bəmap̄gîaʿ

Grammar Details

*ʿal-kappayim*: preposition + noun, feminine dual - upon palms/hands
*kissāh-ʾôr*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - he covers light
*wayəṣaw*: waw-consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he commands
*ʿāleyhā*: preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - against it
*bəmap̄gîaʿ*: preposition + Hiphil participle, masculine singular - with the one who strikes/at the mark

Word Meanings

*kappayim*: palms/hands/fists
*kissāh*: covers/conceals/hides
*ʾôr*: light/lightning
*yəṣaw*: commands/orders/directs
*map̄gîaʿ*: the one who strikes/the mark/the target

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 10:21-23 : 21 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; 23 they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
Job 26:9 : 9 He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job 37:12 : 12 And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world,
Job 37:15 : 15 Dost thou know how God layeth [his charge] upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine?
Ps 18:11 : 11 He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Ps 135:7 : 7 Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries;
Ps 147:8-9 : 8 Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, [And] to the young ravens which cry.
Ps 148:8 : 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
Acts 27:20 : 20 And when neither sun nor stars shone upon [us] for many days, and no small tempest lay on [us,] all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.

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