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Forכִּיthe communityעֲדַתof the godlessחָנֵףis barren,גַּלְמוּדand fireוְאֵשׁconsumesאָכְלָהthe tentsאָהֳלֵיof bribery.שֹׁחַד
Job 15:34
Study it in the app“For the community of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 15:34, word by word
- the communityעֲדַתadat
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” appears- of the godlessחָנֵףchanef
godless, profane
Godless: one who lives without regard for God; defiled, profane.
Where else “chanef” appears- is barrenגַּלְמוּדgalmud
barren, desolate
Barren, bearing no fruit or life; also desolate, alone.
Where else “galmud” appears- and fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- consumesאָכְלָהachla
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achla” appears- the tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears- of briberyשֹׁחַדshochad
bribe
Bribe: a gift given to a judge to twist his decision.
Where else “shochad” appears
The context
33He will violently tear off, like the vine, his unripe grapes, and cast off, like the olive tree, his blossom.
34 · This verse (above)
35They conceive suffering and give birth to wickedness, and their belly prepares deceit.”