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He who for a shareלְחֵלֶקdenouncesיַגִּידcompanions,רֵעִיםthe eyesוְעֵינֵיof his childrenבָנָיוwill fail.תִּכְלֶנָה
Job 17:5
Study it in the app“He who for a share denounces companions, the eyes of his children will fail.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 17:5, word by word
- He who for a shareחֵלֶקchelek
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelek” appears- denouncesיַגִּידyagid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagid” appears- companionsרֵעִיםreim
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “reim” appears- the eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- of his childrenבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- will failתִּכְלֶנָהtichlena
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “tichlena” appears
Translation note
A saying of uncertain sense; it seems to be a proverb against someone who betrays his companions for gain.
The context
4For you have hidden their heart from prudence; therefore you will not exalt them.
5 · This verse (above)
6And he has made me a byword of peoples, and spitting in the face I am.