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to the pitלַשַּׁחַתI call,קָרָאתִי‘Youאָתָּהare my father’;אָבִי‘My motherאִמִּיand my sister,’וַאֲחֹתִיto the worms;לָרִמָּה
Job 17:14
Study it in the app“to the pit I call, ‘You are my father’; ‘My mother and my sister,’ to the worms;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 17:14, word by word
- to the pitשַּׁחַתshachat
grave
The grave, from which God rescues.
Where else “shachat” appears- I callקָרָאתִיkarati
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “karati” appears- are my father’אָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- ‘My motherאִמִּimi
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appears- and my sister,’אֲחֹתִachoti
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achoti” appears- to the wormsרִמָּהrima
maggot
Maggot, worm (in what rots).
Where else “rima” appears
The context
13If I hope for Sheol as my house, in darkness I spread out my bed;
14 · This verse (above)
15where, then, is my hope? And my hope, who will catch sight of it?