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Look,הֵןhe holds backיַעְצֹרthe waters,בַּמַּיִםand they dry up;וְיִבָשׁוּand he releases them,וִישַׁלְּחֵםand they overturnוְיַהַפְכוּthe earth.אָרֶץ
Job 12:15
Study it in the app“Look, he holds back the waters, and they dry up; and he releases them, and they overturn the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 12:15, word by word
- he holds backיַעְצֹרyatsor
restrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “yatsor” appears- the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and they dry upיִבָשׁוּyivashu
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yivashu” appears- and he releases themישַׁלְּחֵyshalche
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yshalche” appears- and they overturnיַהַפְכוּyahafchu
overthrow
To bring down cities like Sodom.
Where else “yahafchu” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
14Look, he tears down, and it is not rebuilt; he shuts in a man, and he is not let out.
15 · This verse (above)
16With him are power and success; to him belong the one who errs and the one who makes others err.