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Forכִּיhe is sentשֻׁלַּחinto a netבְּרֶשֶׁתby his own feet,בְּרַגְלָיוand ontoוְעַלa meshשְׂבָכָהhe walks.יִתְהַלָּךְ
Job 18:8
Study it in the app“For he is sent into a net by his own feet, and onto a mesh he walks.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 18:8, word by word
- he is sentשֻׁלַּחshulach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shulach” appears- into a netרֶשֶׁתreshet
net
A mesh for hunting, or a trap.
Where else “reshet” appears- by his own feetרַגְלָיraglay
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appears- a meshשְׂבָכָהsevacha
net, network
Net, network: in hunting, a trap; in architecture, a latticework that adorns or closes something.
Where else “sevacha” appears- he walksיִתְהַלָּךְyithalach
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “yithalach” appears
Translation note
In verses 8 to 10 the Hebrew uses six different words for the hunter’s traps.
The context
7The steps of his vigor are cramped, and his own counsel throws him down.
8 · This verse (above)
9A snare seizes him by the heel; the trap holds fast on him.