Job 36:32

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 10:21-23 : 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine 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 from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
Job 26:9 : 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job 37:12 : 12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
Job 37:15 : 15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
Ps 18:11 : 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Ps 135:7 : 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
Ps 147:8-9 : 8 Who covereth the heaven 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 vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
Acts 27:20 : 20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

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