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The waters hide themselves and become like stone

The waters are spoken of as being able to hide. During the winter the ice hides the water underneath it. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rpronouns)

become like stone

The hardness of ice is spoken of as if it was stone. Alternate translation: "become hard like stone" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile)

the deep

This refers to the sea or ocean where the water is very deep. Alternate translation: "the deep sea" or "the ocean depths" or "the deep water" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj)