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Like a flowerכְּצִיץhe comes outיָצָאand withers;וַיִּמָּלhe fleesוַיִּבְרַחlike the shadowכַּצֵּלand does notוְלֹאstand.יַעֲמוֹד
Job 14:2
Study it in the app“Like a flower he comes out and withers; he flees like the shadow and does not stand.”
Job compares human life to a flower that withers and a shadow that fleesDeath and Eternal Life
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 14:2, word by word
- Like a flowerצִיץtsits
flower
An opened bud of a plant, beautiful but short-lived.
Where else “tsits” appears- he comes outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- and withersיִּמָּלyimal
wither
Dry up like grass.
Where else “yimal” appears- he fleesיִּבְרַחyivrach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “yivrach” appears- like the shadowצֵּלtsel
shadow
A shadow: the dark shape something leaves when it blocks the light, and which soon passes.
Where else “tsel” appears- standיַעֲמוֹדyaamod
endure
To hold firm, without falling or coming to an end.
Where else “yaamod” appears
The context
1A human being born of woman is short of days and sated with turmoil.
2 · This verse (above)
3Even on such a one you open your eyes, and me you bring into judgment with you?