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He tears me downיִתְּצֵנִיon every side,סָבִיבand I am gone;וָאֵלַךְand he uprootsוַיַּסַּעlike a treeכָּעֵץmy hope.תִּקְוָתִי
Job 19:10
Study it in the app“He tears me down on every side, and I am gone; and he uproots like a tree my hope.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 19:10, word by word
- He tears me downיִתְּצֵyittse
tear down
Tear down, pull down, break down.
Where else “yittse” appears- on every sideסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- and I am goneאֵלַךְelach
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elach” appears- and he uprootsיַּסַּעyasa
pull up
To pull something out of where it was fixed, like stakes, stones or gates.
Where else “yasa” appears- like a treeעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- my hopeתִּקְוָתִtikvati
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikvati” appears
The context
9He has stripped me of my honor, and removed the crown from my head.
10 · This verse (above)
11And he has kindled his anger against me, and counts me to himself as his adversaries.