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Remember,זְכָרplease,נָאthatכִּיlike clayכַחֹמֶרyou made me,עֲשִׂיתָנִיand to dustוְאֶל עָפָרyou will return me.תְּשִׁיבֵנִי
Job 10:9
Study it in the app“Remember, please, that like clay you made me, and to dust you will return me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 10:9, word by word
- Rememberזְכָרzechar
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zechar” appears- like clayחֹמֶרchomer
clay
Wet earth, the potter's dough, or mire.
Where else “chomer” appears- you made meעֲשִׂיתָasita
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asita” appears- and to dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- you will return meתְּשִׁיבֵteshive
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “teshive” appears
The context
8Your hands shaped me and made me altogether all around, and you swallow me up.
9 · This verse (above)
10Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?