H2854 H2854
swaddling band, wrapping cloth; used figuratively of clouds enveloping the sea
This construct noun with suffix means 'swaddling band'—cloth wrapped around an infant. It appears in Job 38:9 where God describes making 'thick darkness its swaddling band' for the sea. The metaphor personifies the sea as a newborn swaddled in storm clouds. Ancient Near Eastern cosmology often depicted creation as God taming chaotic waters. The swaddling band image emphasizes God's tender yet firm control over primeval forces.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — In Job 38:9, God asks Job: 'When I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band'—referring to the sea's creation. The swaddling band metaphor portrays the ocean as an infant wrapped and confined by clouds. This tender image contrasts with the sea's potential violence, showing God's gentle restraint of chaos. Cross-language glosses preserve the imagery: Spanish 'su-pañal' (its diaper), French and German transliterate the Hebrew, English 'its-swaddling-band'—all evoking infant care. 1×
AR["قِمَاطَهُ."]·ben["তার-কাপড়"]·DE["[חתלתו]"]·EN["its-swaddling-band"]·FR["son-חתלתו-lui"]·heb["חתולתו"]·HI["उसकी-लंगोट"]·ID["lampin-nya"]·IT["its-swaddling-band-suo"]·jav["babetan-ipun"]·KO["그것-의-포대기-로"]·PT["sua-faixa."]·RU["пеленой-его"]·ES["su-pañal"]·SW["nguo-ya-mtoto-yake"]·TR["kundakı"]·urd["اس کا پوتڑا"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† [חֲתֻלָּה] n.f. swaddling-band (v. BaNB 146)—only בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשׁוֹ וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתוֹ Jb 38:9 when I made cloud its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling-band, fig. of dark clouds enveloping the sea.