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whatאֲשֶׁרwise menחֲכָמִיםtell,יַגִּידוּand have notוְלֹאhidden,כִחֲדוּreceived from their fathers;מֵאֲבוֹתָם
Job 15:18
Study it in the app“what wise men tell, and have not hidden, received from their fathers;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 15:18, word by word
- wise menחֲכָמִיםchachamim
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appears- tellיַגִּידוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- hiddenכִחֲדוּchichadu
hide
To hide something, keep silent about it.
Where else “chichadu” appears- received from their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears
The context
17I will declare it to you, listen to me; and what I have seen I will recount,
18 · This verse (above)
19to them alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.