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Arguingהוֹכֵחַwith a wordבְּדָבָרthat does notלֹאprofit,יִסְכּוֹןand with wordsוּמִלִּיםthat are of noלֹאuse?יוֹעִיל בָּם
Job 15:3
Study it in the app“Arguing with a word that does not profit, and with words that are of no use?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 15:3, word by word
- Arguingהוֹכֵחַhocheach
argue
To lay out the case before someone to reason with him.
Where else “hocheach” appears- with a wordדָבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- profitיִסְכּוֹןyiskon
be useful
To be of use, be useful.
Where else “yiskon” appears- and with wordsמִלִּיםmilim
word, speech
A word, a saying; what someone says. It is a poetic word, used very often in the book of Job.
Where else “milim” appears- useיוֹעִילyoil
profit, be useful
To profit, to be of use, to serve for something.
Where else “yoil” appears
The context
2“Will a wise man answer with knowledge of wind, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3 · This verse (above)
4You, moreover, annul the fear, and diminish meditation before El.