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He tookוַיִּקַּחa potsherdחֶרֶשׂfor himselfלוֹto scrape himselfלְהִתְגָּרֵדwith it,בּוֹand heוְהוּאwas sittingיֹשֵׁבin the midstבְּתוֹךְof the ashes.הָאֵפֶר
Job 2:8
Study it in the app“He took a potsherd for himself to scrape himself with it, and he was sitting in the midst of the ashes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 2:8, word by word
- He tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- a potsherdחֶרֶשׂcheres
earthenware
Baked clay, earthenware; a piece of pottery.
Where else “cheres” appears- to scrape himselfהִתְגָּרֵדhitgared
scrape
To scratch, to scrape. It appears only once in the Bible: Job scrapes his sick skin with a piece of broken pottery (Job 2:8).
Where else “hitgared” appears- was sittingיֹשֵׁבyoshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the ashesאֵפֶרefer
ashes
Ashes. "Dust and ashes" is a way of saying one is of very little account.
Where else “efer” appears
Translation note
“Potsherd”: a piece of a broken clay vessel.
The context
7And the Satan went out from the presence of YHWH, and he struck Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
8 · This verse (above)
9His wife said to him, “Are you still holding fast to your integrity? Curse Elohim and die.”