Job 14:1

“A human being born of woman is short of days and sated with turmoil.”

Job 14:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job compares human life to a flower that withers and a shadow that fleesDeath and Eternal Life

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Job 14:1, word by word

A human beingאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

Where else “adam” appears
bornיְלוּדyelud

be born

To come into the world, to begin to live.

Where else “yelud” appears
of womanאִשָּׁהisha

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

Where else “isha” appears
is shortקְצַרketsar

short

Of few days; impatient, quick to anger.

Where else “ketsar” appears
of daysיָמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yamim” appears
and satedשְׂבַעseva

satisfied, full

Satisfied, full, having enough; of an old man, full of days, with a complete life. Also of having too much of trouble.

Where else “seva” appears
with turmoilרֹגֶזrogez

turmoil, agitation

Agitation, restlessness, turmoil: the state of what trembles or has no rest. It can also be anger or the rumbling of thunder.

Where else “rogez” appears

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2Like a flower he comes out and withers; he flees like the shadow and does not stand.

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