Lexicon
בְּלִי־מָה
be.li.mah
H1099
H:N-M Hebrew

nothing

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be.li.mah is an interrogative particle used in Job 26:7 within the portrayal of the earth suspended over nothing.

The attested use is an interrogative particle in Job 26:7, where it occurs in the clause portraying the earth as hanging over nothing.

Senses in use

  1. Interrogative particle in a cosmic description · dominant

    In Job 26:7, the form מָֽה is tagged as an interrogative particle within the clause about the earth being suspended; the APB renders the verse, "He stretches out the north over formlessness and hangs the earth over nothing."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 26:7, the APB presents the surrounding clause as the earth hanging "over nothing,".

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