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Job 38:16-21

16Hast thouenteredH935intoH935thespringsH8415of theseaיָ֑םYamH3220? or hast thouwalkedהִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃hit.ha.La.khe.taH1980in therecessesוּבְחֵ֥קֶרu.ve.Che.kerH2714of thedeepתְּ֝ה֗וֹםte.HomH8415?

17Have thegatesשַׁעֲרֵי־sha.'a.rei-H8179ofdeathמָ֑וֶתMa.vetH4194beenrevealedהֲנִגְל֣וּha.nig.LuH1540unto thee? or hast thouseenתִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'EhH7200thegatesוְשַׁעֲרֵ֖יve.sha.'a.ReiH8179of theshadowצַלְמָ֣וֶתtzal.Ma.vetH6757ofdeathH4194?

18Hast thou comprehended the breadth of theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?declareהַ֝גֵּ֗דha.GedH5046,ifאִם־'im-H518thou knowest itallכֻלָּֽהּ׃khu.LahH3605.

19Whereאֵי־'ei-H335is thewayהַ֭דֶּרֶךְHa.de.rekhH1870to thedwellingיִשְׁכָּן־yish.kon-H7931oflightא֑וֹר'orH216, and as fordarknessוְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְve.Cho.shekhH2822,whereאֵי־'ei-H335is theplaceמְקֹמֽוֹ׃me.ko.MoH4725thereof;

20That thou shouldesttakeתִ֭קָּחֶנּוּTi.ka.che.nuH3947it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldestdiscernתָ֝בִ֗יןta.VinH995thepathsנְתִיב֥וֹתne.ti.VotH5410to thehouseבֵּיתֽוֹ׃bei.ToH1004thereof?

21Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast thenbornתִּוָּלֵ֑דti.va.LedH3205, and thenumberוּמִסְפַּ֖רu.mis.ParH4557of thydaysיָמֶ֣יךָya.Mei.khaH3117isgreatרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227!

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