26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 28:26. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ לַמָּטָ֣ר חֹ֑ק וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃
בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ
לַמָּטָ֣ר
חֹ֑ק
וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ
לַחֲזִ֥יז
Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported
Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.
οὕτως ἰδὼν ἠρίθμησε, καὶ ὁδὸν ἐν τινάγματι φωνάς.
οὕτως
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- οὕτως
- Transliteration
- houtos
- Morphology
- adverb
- Gloss
- thus, so
- Part of Speech
- adverb
- Definition
- Thus, so, in this way.
- Occurrences
- 776
ἰδὼν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁράω
- Transliteration
- idon
- Morphology
- aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- having seen
- Part of Speech
- participle
- Definition
- To see, perceive, or look at.
- Occurrences
- 768
ἠρίθμησε
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- ἠρίθμησε
- Transliteration
- erithmese
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
- Gloss
- he/she ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 2
καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
ὁδὸν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁδός
- Transliteration
- hodon
- Morphology
- noun, feminine accusative singular
- Gloss
- way, road, path
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Way, road, path, journey, or manner of life.
- Occurrences
- 701
ἐν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἐν
- Transliteration
- en
- Morphology
- preposition with dative
- Gloss
- in, among, with
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition commonly taking the dative.
- Strong's
- G1722
- Occurrences
- 13086
τινάγματι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- τινάγματι
- Transliteration
- tinagmati
- Morphology
- dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
φωνάς
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- φωνάς
- Transliteration
- phonas
- Morphology
- accusative plural feminine or genitive singular feminine pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܥܒܕ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܠܡܛܪܐ ܘܐܘܪܚܐ ܠܚܙ̈ܘܢܐ ܕܩܠܐ
ܥܒܕ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܥܒܕ
- Transliteration
- abad
- Morphology
- verb root/form
- Gloss
- made, did, served
- Occurrences
- 334
ܢܡܘܣܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܢܡܘܣܐ
- Transliteration
- nmws'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 152
ܠܡܛܪܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܡܛܪܐ
- Transliteration
- lmtr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 5
ܘܐܘܪܚܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܐܘܪܚܐ
- Transliteration
- w'wrh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 22
ܠܚܙ̈ܘܢܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܚܙܘܢܐ
- Transliteration
- lhzwn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܕܩܠܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܩܠܐ
- Transliteration
- dql'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 15
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
בְּמֶעְבְּדֵיהּ לְמִטְרָא קְיָמָא גְזֵרָתָא וּמַהֲלֵךְ לַחֲזִיזֵי דְרָהֲטִין בְּקָלַיָא׃
בְּמֶעְבְּדֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מעבדיה
- Transliteration
- bm'bdyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 5
לְמִטְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מטרא
- Transliteration
- lmtr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 18
קְיָמָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קימא
- Transliteration
- qym'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 145
גְזֵרָתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גזרתא
- Transliteration
- gzrt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 7
וּמַהֲלֵךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מהלך
- Transliteration
- wmhlk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 12
לַחֲזִיזֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חזיזי
- Transliteration
- lchzyzy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1
דְרָהֲטִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רהטין
- Transliteration
- drhtyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 13
בְּקָלַיָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קליא
- Transliteration
- bqly'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 9
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Quando ponebat pluviis legem, et viam procellis sonantibus:
quando
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quando
- Transliteration
- quando
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 289
ponebat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pono
- Transliteration
- ponebat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 894
pluviis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pluuia
- Transliteration
- pluviis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 61
legem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- lex
- Transliteration
- legem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 596
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
viam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uia
- Transliteration
- viam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 853
procellis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- procella
- Transliteration
- procellis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 14
sonantibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sono?
- Transliteration
- sonantibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Job 38:25
Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,
6 relevance votesJob 37:3
He sends it out under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.
5 relevance votesZechariah 10:1
Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.
3 relevance votesAmos 4:7
“I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One field was rained on, and the field where it didn’t rain withered.
2 relevance votesJob 36:26
Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
2 relevance votesJob 38:27
to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
2 relevance votesJob 37:11
Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
2 relevance votesPsalms 148:8
lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy wind, fulfilling his word,
2 relevance votesJob 36:32
He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
2 relevance votesJeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
2 relevance votes