אֵ֫גֶל H0096
drops (of dew) — small water droplets, especially from condensation
In Job 38:28, God challenges Job with rhetorical questions about nature's mysteries, asking who fathers 'the drops of dew.' The Hebrew denotes tiny droplets formed by condensation, a common ancient Near Eastern meteorological phenomenon. Most translations render it as 'drops,' though some interpreters have proposed 'collections' or 'stores.' The parallel with 'rain' suggests discrete water particles rather than accumulated reserves.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Small droplets of water, specifically dew-drops (אֶגְלֵי־טָל) in poetic descriptions of divine providence over nature. English and Spanish ('drops of,' 'gotas de') capture the partitive construction, emphasizing the minute scale of God's creative attention. Job 38:28 uses this image to illustrate the Creator's intimate governance of meteorological cycles beyond human comprehension. 1×
AR["قَطَرَاتِ-"]·ben["বিন্দুগুলি-"]·DE["[אגלי]"]·EN["the-drops-of-"]·FR["אגלי"]·heb["אגלי"]·HI["बूँदों-को"]·ID["tetesan-tetesan-"]·IT["il-drops-di"]·jav["tetes-ipun"]·KO["물방울들을"]·PT["gotas-de-"]·RU["капли-"]·ES["gotas-de-"]·SW["matone-ya"]·TR["damlaları-"]·urd["قطروں کو"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
אֵ֫גֶל n.[m.] usually trans. drop, אֶגְלֵי־טָ֑ל dew-drops Jb 38:28 (‖ מָטָר) so Vrss De Di; Hoffm ‘Rückstände,’ ‘Ansammlungen,’ i.e. collections, stores, reserve-supply.