H2328 H2328
to draw a circle, inscribe a boundary (particularly the horizon-circle on the face of the waters)
A verb meaning to draw a circle or trace a circular boundary, appearing in Job's description of creation. God 'inscribed a circle on the face of the waters'—drew the horizon-line that bounds sea and sky. The Aramaic cognate suggests circular motion or surrounding. This rare verb captures a key moment in creation's ordering: the establishment of boundaries, the drawing of circles that separate and define. The horizon becomes God's compass-drawn line, elegant geometry marking creation's order.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To inscribe a circle or draw a circular boundary. Job 26:10 describes God as having 'drawn a circle upon the face of the waters'—the horizon-line where sea meets sky, the circular boundary of visible creation. The verb evokes the divine geometer, using creation's compass to establish order. Proverbs 8:27 uses the same image: Wisdom was present when God 'drew a circle on the deep.' 1×
AR["رَسَمَ"]·ben["তিনি-এঁকেছেন"]·DE["Fest"]·EN["He-inscribed"]·FR["חג"]·heb["חג"]·HI["घेरा"]·ID["Dia-gambarkan"]·IT["He-inscribed"]·jav["dipunaris"]·KO["그으셨다"]·PT["traçou"]·RU["провёл"]·ES["trazó"]·SW["amezungushia"]·TR["çizdi"]·urd["کھینچی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [חוּג] vb. draw round, make circle (Aramaic ܚܳܓ circumivit; n. ܚܽܘܓܬܳܐ, חוּגְתָּא, circle, vault of heavens) Qal Pf. חֹק חָג על־פני מים Jb 26:10 (cf. Pr 8:27), hath drawn as circle bound, of horizon-line.