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Friday 12 November 2021

Oratorio part 3, Job 38:1 reprise and 38:8-11

Yahweh returns to the stage with a continuation of the speech inn Job 38, the reigning in of the power of the ocean. Keeping Yahweh's part as many voices, I set it for four part chorus. I see the sea every day and often marvel at these verses, especially in these days of melting ice and rising sea levels. Does this mean that we have to duplicate Yahweh's work in the next 100 years?

Job 38

The beginning of Job 38:8-11


[Who] screened in Ocean with portals?
Syllables: 67. Words: 27. Roots: 24. Root Recurrence: 22%. Average per verse: 1.5.
וַיָּ֣סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם
בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ מֵרֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא
8 Or [who] screened in Ocean with portals,
when he burst out, from a womb exiting,
k visç bdltiim im
bgiko mrkm iixa
7
8
vi/sc b/dl\tim im
b/gik\v m/rkm ixa
בְּשׂוּמִ֣י עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ
וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ
9 when I set out Cloud for his clothing,
and Murk, his swaddling clothes,
't bwumi ynn lbuwo
vyrpl ktulto
8
8
b/wvm\i ynn lbw\v
v/yrpl ktl\tv
וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר עָלָ֣יו חֻקִּ֑י
וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם
10 and shattered for him my decree,
and set out runaway lanes and portals?
i vawbor yliv kuqi
vawim brik udltiim
7
10
va/wbr yl\iv kq\i
va/wim brk v/dl\tim
וָאֹמַ֗ר עַד־פֹּ֣ה תָ֭בוֹא וְלֹ֣א תֹסִ֑יף
וּפֹ֥א־יָ֝שִׁ֗ית בִּגְא֥וֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ
11 And I said, To here you will come and no farther,
and here mark the pride of your waves.
ia vaomr yd-ph tboa vla tosif
uph-iwit bgaon gliç
11
8
v/amr yd ph t/bva v/la t/sp
v/p\a i/wit b/ga\vn gl\ic

Recurring roots in this passage
Word / Gloss 1 2 3 Vs Stem
בדלתים with portals
8 דלה
בשומי when I set out
9 שום
ואשים and set out
10 שום
ודלתים and portals
10 דלה
פה here
11 פה
ופא and here
11 פה

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