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Dead things are formed from under the waters. The Ellipsis must be supplied thus: "[The place where] the Rephaim stay [which is] beneath the waters, and the things that are therein. "This place thus answers to the other place, Sheol, the grave, in the next verse.
Dead things. Hebrew "The Rephaim", the offspring of the fallen angels, akin to the Nephilim (Gen_6:4. See App-23and App-25and note on Isa_26:14, Isa_26:19).
are formed = remain. Hebrew. hul, a Homonym with three meanings: (1) to stay, remain, as here; Gen_8:10. Jdg_3:25. 2Sa_3:29. Lam_4:6. Hos_11:6, even to wait, hence to trust, Job_35:14. Compare Psa_37:7. Lam_3:26; (2) to be in pain, and hence to bring forth, Deu_2:25. Isa_23:4; Isa_26:18; Isa_54:1; Isa_66:8. Psa_29:9, &c.; (3) to be formed as made or brought forth, Job_26:13. Psa_51:5; Psa_90:2. Deu_32:18. Pro_8:24, Pro_8:25; Pro_26:10. Pro_15:7.