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“Will a wise manהֶחָכָםanswerיַעֲנֶהwith knowledgeדַעַתof wind,רוּחַand fillוִימַלֵּאhis bellyבִּטְנוֹwith the east wind?קָדִים
Job 15:2
Study it in the app““Will a wise man answer with knowledge of wind, and fill his belly with the east wind?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 15:2, word by word
- “Will a wise manחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- answerיַעֲנֶהyaane
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaane” appears- with knowledgeדַעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears- of windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- and fillימַלֵּאymale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “ymale” appears- his bellyבִּטְנbitn
belly
The belly; also one's innermost part.
Where else “bitn” appears- with the east windקָדִיםkadim
east wind
A hot, dry wind from the desert that scorches plants.
Where else “kadim” appears
The context
1And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 · This verse (above)
3Arguing with a word that does not profit, and with words that are of no use?