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so a manוְאִישׁlies downשָׁכַבand does notוְלֹאrise;יָקוּםuntilעַדthe heavensשָׁמַיִםare no more,בִּלְתִּיthey will notלֹאawake,יָקִיצוּnorוְלֹאbe rousedיֵעֹרוּfrom their sleep.מִשְּׁנָתָם
Job 14:12
Study it in the app“so a man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused from their sleep.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 14:12, word by word
- so a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- lies downשָׁכַבshachav
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “shachav” appears- riseיָקוּםyakum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakum” appears- the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- awakeיָקִיצוּyakitsu
awake
To awake, to wake up from sleep.
Where else “yakitsu” appears- be rousedיֵעֹרוּyeoru
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “yeoru” appears- from their sleepשְּׁנָתָshenata
sleep
Sleep.
Where else “shenata” appears
The context
11Waters go away from the sea, and a river is drained and dries up;
12 · This verse (above)
13Who would grant that in Sheol you would keep me hidden, that you would conceal me until your anger turned away, that you would set me a limit and remember me.