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waterמַיִםwears awayשָׁחֲקוּstones;אֲבָנִיםits floodsסְפִיחֶיהָsweep awayתִּשְׁטֹףthe dustעֲפַרof the earth;אָרֶץand the hopeוְתִקְוַתof a mortalאֱנוֹשׁyou make perish.הֶאֱבַדְתָּ
Job 14:19
Study it in the app“water wears away stones; its floods sweep away the dust of the earth; and the hope of a mortal you make perish.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 14:19, word by word
- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- wears awayשָׁחֲקוּshachaku
beat fine
Grind, crush to powder.
Where else “shachaku” appears- stonesאֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears- its floodsסְפִיחֶיsefiche
flood
Overflowing waters.
Where else “sefiche” appears- sweep awayתִּשְׁטֹףtishtof
overflow
To burst its banks and carry everything off.
Where else “tishtof” appears- the dustעֲפַרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and the hopeתִקְוַתtikvat
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikvat” appears- of a mortalאֱנוֹשׁenosh
man, mortal
Man, mortal: the human being seen in his weakness; also people in general.
Where else “enosh” appears- you make perishהֶאֱבַדְתָּheevadta
destroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “heevadta” appears
The context
18But a mountain that falls crumbles away, and a rock is removed from its place;
19 · This verse (above)
20You prevail over him forever, and he goes; changing his face, you send him away.