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Job 38:31

Are you leaguing together the delightful ones of Kimah (Pleiades) or are you opening up the attractive ones of Kesil (Orion)?3

Footnote:

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Strong's #4575 מעדנות (maʿadanot) as derived from the root עדנ is semantically connected to עדן (ʿēden) — the word for delight, luxury, or pleasure, Eden. They share not only a similar root structure but also an overlapping semantic field.

עדן noun delight, luxury, pleasure Genesis 2:8 – “Garden of Eden”
מעדן noun delicacy, delight (often food) Genesis 49:20
מעדנות feminine plural noun delights, pleasures Job 38:31
עדין adjective delicate, tender Deut. 28:54

Strong's Hebrew #4189 מוֹשכה (moshkhah, feminine noun) comes from the root משכ, which carries the primary verbal meaning:

משך – to draw, pull, drag, attract

Act participle feminine of mashak; something drawing, - Strong's Exhaustive