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Job 28:9
“He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חַלָּמִישׁchallâmîysh · klal-law-meesh'
H2496 · Hebrew
H2496 · Hebrew
- Definition
- flint
- Derivation
- probably from H2492 (חָלַם) (in the sense of hardness);
- KJV renderings
- flint(-y), rock.
- Grammar
- בַּֽ֭ — preposition with definite article
- חַלָּמִישׁ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 8:15Deuteronomy 32:13Psalms 114:8Isaiah 50:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חַלָּמִישׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.