Job 17:16

With the Hebrew beneath

Job 17:16, word by word

Will it go downתֵּרַדְנָהteradna

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

Where else “teradna” appears

to the barsבַּדֵּיbade

pole

Another word spelled the same: a carrying pole.

Where else “bade” appears

of Sheolשְׁאֹלsheol

Sheol

Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.

Where else “sheol” appears

togetherיַחַדyachad

together

Together, at the same time.

Where else “yachad” appears

into the dustעָפָרafar

dust

Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.

Where else “afar” appears

will be the descentנָחַתnachat

descent

The coming down of something from above.

Where else “nachat” appears

Translation note

“The bars of Sheol”: its bolts or gates. “The descent”: others take the word as “rest”: “will there be rest together in the dust?”

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