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becauseכִּיhe coveredכִסָּהhis faceפָנָיוwith his fat,בְּחֶלְבּוֹand madeוַיַּעַשׂfatnessפִּימָהonעֲלֵיhis loins;כָסֶל
Job 15:27
Study it in the app“because he covered his face with his fat, and made fatness on his loins;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 15:27, word by word
- he coveredכִסָּהchisa
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “chisa” appears- his faceפָנָיfanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fanay” appears- with his fatחֶלְבּchelb
fat
The soft white tissue around an animal's insides, burned for YHWH.
Where else “chelb” appears- and madeיַּעַשׂyaas
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaas” appears- fatnessפִּימָהpima
fat
Fatness, excess fat on the body.
Where else “pima” appears- his loinsכָסֶלchasel
loins
The part of the body between the ribs and the hip.
Where else “chasel” appears
Translation note
It can be understood as an image of someone who lives in abundance and feels secure.
The context
26he runs at him with his neck erect, with the thickness of the bosses of his shields;
27 · This verse (above)
28and he dwelt in cities wiped out, in houses that no one lives in, that were destined to become heaps of stones.