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and he dweltוַיִּשְׁכּוֹןin citiesעָרִיםwiped out,נִכְחָדוֹתin housesבָּתִּיםthat no oneלֹאlives in,יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹthatאֲשֶׁרwere destinedהִתְעַתְּדוּto become heaps of stones.לְגַלִּים
Job 15:28
Study it in the app“and he dwelt in cities wiped out, in houses that no one lives in, that were destined to become heaps of stones.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 15:28, word by word
- and he dweltיִּשְׁכּוֹןyishkon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “yishkon” appears- in citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- wiped outנִכְחָדוֹתnichchadot
wipe out
To erase, destroy.
Where else “nichchadot” appears- in housesבָּתִּיםbatim
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “batim” appears- lives inיֵשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- were destinedהִתְעַתְּדוּhitatdu
be destined
To be marked out beforehand for an end.
Where else “hitatdu” appears- to become heaps of stonesגַלִּיםgalim
heap
Stones piled up, or ruins.
Where else “galim” appears
The context
27because he covered his face with his fat, and made fatness on his loins;
28 · This verse (above)
29He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, and their possession will not spread over the land.