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Forכִּיyou have hiddenצָפַנְתָּtheir heartלִבָּםfrom prudence;מִּשָּׂכֶלthereforeעַל כֵּןyou will notלֹאexalt them.תְרֹמֵם
Job 17:4
Study it in the app“For you have hidden their heart from prudence; therefore you will not exalt them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 17:4, word by word
- you have hiddenצָפַנְתָּtsafanta
hide
To put something away in secret, safe.
Where else “tsafanta” appears- their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- from prudenceשָּׂכֶלsachel
insight
The sense to act well.
Where else “sachel” appears- exalt themתְרֹמֵםteromem
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “teromem” appears
The context
3Lay down my pledge, please; be surety for me with yourself. Who is he that will strike hands with me?
4 · This verse (above)
5He who for a share denounces companions, the eyes of his children will fail.