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Your memorialsזִכְרֹנֵיכֶםare proverbsמִשְׁלֵיof ash;אֵפֶרdefensesלְגַבֵּיof clayחֹמֶרare your defenses.גַּבֵּיכֶם
Job 13:12
Study it in the app“Your memorials are proverbs of ash; defenses of clay are your defenses.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 13:12, word by word
- Your memorialsזִכְרֹנֵיzichrone
memorial
Memorial: something done or kept in order to remember.
Where else “zichrone” appears- are proverbsמִשְׁלֵיmishle
proverb
A short, wise saying.
Where else “mishle” appears- of ashאֵפֶרefer
ashes
Ashes. "Dust and ashes" is a way of saying one is of very little account.
Where else “efer” appears- defensesגַבֵּיgabe
rim
A curved or raised part of something.
Where else “gabe” appears- of clayחֹמֶרchomer
clay
Wet earth, the potter's dough, or mire.
Where else “chomer” appears
Translation note
“Your memorials”: it can be understood as the old sayings that you repeat from memory.
The context
11Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall on you?
12 · This verse (above)
13Be silent before me, and I will speak, and let whatever may pass over me.