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And a hollowנָבוּבmanוְאִישׁwill gain understandingיִלָּבֵבwhenוְa wild donkey’sפֶּרֶאcoltעַיִרis bornיִוָּלֵדa human being.אָדָם
Job 11:12
Study it in the app“And a hollow man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 11:12, word by word
- And a hollowנָבוּבnavuv
hollow
Hollow, empty inside; figuratively, empty-headed (Job 11:12).
Where else “navuv” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- will gain understandingיִלָּבֵבyilavev
gain sense
Come to have sense.
Where else “yilavev” appears- a wild donkey’sפֶּרֶאpere
wild donkey
Wild donkey of the desert: a free animal no one tames. The image speaks of someone independent.
Where else “pere” appears- coltעַיִרayir
young donkey
Young donkey, colt.
Where else “ayir” appears- is bornיִוָּלֵדyivaled
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “yivaled” appears- a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
Translation note
A saying of disputed sense. It seems to say that it is as hard for the empty man to come to understanding as for a wild donkey to be born human.
The context
11For he knows empty men, and he sees wickedness; will he not consider it?
12 · This verse (above)
13If you prepare your heart and spread out your palms toward him,