Job 14:7

“For there is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, it will renew itself again, and its shoots will not cease.”

Job 14:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 14:7, word by word

hopeתִּקְוָהtikva

hope

What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.

Where else “tikva” appears
for a treeעֵץets

tree

A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.

Where else “ets” appears
it is cut downיִכָּרֵתyikaret

cut down

To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.

Where else “yikaret” appears
it will renew itselfיַחֲלִיףyachalif

change

To swap something, or regain one's strength.

Where else “yachalif” appears
and its shootsיֹנַקְתּyonakt

shoot

A shoot, a tender sprout that comes out of a plant.

Where else “yonakt” appears
ceaseתֶחְדָּלtechdal

cease, stop

Stop doing something, cease; leave off.

Where else “techdal” appears

The context

6look away from him that he may cease, until he takes pleasure, like a hired worker, in his day.

7 · This verse (above)

8If its root grows old in the earth, and in the dust its trunk dies,

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