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His memoryזִכְרוֹperishesאָבַדfromמִנִּיthe earth,אָרֶץand he has noוְלֹא לוֹnameשֵׁםonעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof the open country.חוּץ
Job 18:17
Study it in the app“His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name on the face of the open country.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 18:17, word by word
- His memoryזִכְרzichr
remembrance, name
Remembrance: the name by which someone is remembered and called upon.
Where else “zichr” appears- perishesאָבַדavad
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avad” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the open countryחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears
The context
16Below his roots dry up, and above his branches wither.
17 · This verse (above)
18They drive him from light into darkness, and from the world they chase him away.