Job 38:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,”

Job 38:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 38:95 words

HebrewMeaning

בְּ/שׂוּמִ֣/יbəśwmiy

appointpronH7760

any wise · bring · call · care ···

עָנָ֣ןʿānān

cloudnounH6051

לְבֻשׁ֑/וֹləbušwō

apparelnounH3830

clothed with · clothing · garment · raiment ···

וַ֝/עֲרָפֶ֗לwaʿărāpel

(grossconjH6205

thick) dark (cloud · -ness)

חֲתֻלָּתֽ/וֹḥătulātwō

swaddling bandnounH2854

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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