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Atעַלhis dayיוֹמוֹthose afterאַחֲרֹנִיםare appalled,נָשַׁמּוּandוְhorrorשָׂעַרseizesאָחֲזוּthose before.קַדְמֹנִים
Job 18:20
Study it in the app“At his day those after are appalled, and horror seizes those before.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 18:20, word by word
- his dayיוֹמyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- those afterאַחֲרֹנִיםacharonim
posterity
Later generations.
Where else “acharonim” appears- are appalledנָשַׁמּוּnashamu
be appalled
To be struck with dread at the ruin.
Where else “nashamu” appears- horrorשָׂעַרsaar
shuddering
A chill of dread that makes the hair stand on end.
Where else “saar” appears- seizesאָחֲזוּachazu
seize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “achazu” appears- those beforeקַדְמֹנִיםkadmonim
former
What comes from ancient times, from before.
Where else “kadmonim” appears
Translation note
“Those after… those before”: the same words mean “those of the west… those of the east.”
The context
19He has no son nor descendant among his people, and there is no survivor where he resided.
20 · This verse (above)
21Surely these are the dwellings of the unjust, and this is the place of him who does not know El.”