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He removesמֵסִירthe heartלֵבof the headsרָאשֵׁיof the peopleעַםof the land,הָאָרֶץand makes them wanderוַיַּתְעֵםin a voidבְּתֹהוּwithoutלֹאa way.דָרֶךְ
Job 12:24
Study it in the app“He removes the heart of the heads of the people of the land, and makes them wander in a void without a way.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 12:24, word by word
- He removesמֵסִירmesir
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “mesir” appears- the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appears- of the peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and makes them wanderיַּתְעֵyate
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “yate” appears- in a voidתֹהוּtohu
formlessness
Without form or order, like the earth at first, or a desolate place.
Where else “tohu” appears- a wayדָרֶךְdarech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appears
The context
23He makes the nations great, and makes them perish; he spreads out the nations, and leads them.
24 · This verse (above)
25They grope in darkness and without light, and he makes them wander like a drunkard.