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His sonsבָנָיוcome to honor,יִכְבְּדוּand he does notוְלֹאknow it;יֵדָעor they are brought low,וְיִצְעֲרוּand he does notוְלֹאperceiveיָבִיןit.לָמוֹ
Job 14:21
Study it in the app“His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; or they are brought low, and he does not perceive it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 14:21, word by word
- His sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- come to honorיִכְבְּדוּyichbdu
honor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “yichbdu” appears- know itיֵדָעyeda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yeda” appears- or they are brought lowיִצְעֲרוּyitsaru
be small, be lowly
To be small; figuratively, to be held of little account, to be brought low.
Where else “yitsaru” appears- perceiveיָבִיןyavin
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “yavin” appears
The context
20You prevail over him forever, and he goes; changing his face, you send him away.
21 · This verse (above)
22Only his flesh on him feels pain, and his soul for him mourns.”