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He will notאַלlookיֵרֶאon the streams,בִפְלַגּוֹתthe rivers,נַהֲרֵיthe brooksנַחֲלֵיof honeyדְּבַשׁand curds.וְחֶמְאָה
Job 20:17
Study it in the app“He will not look on the streams, the rivers, the brooks of honey and curds.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 20:17, word by word
- lookיֵרֶאyere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yere” appears- on the streamsפְלַגּוֹתfelagot
stream, division
A stream of water, a brook; also a division of a group.
Where else “felagot” appears- the riversנַהֲרֵיnahare
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahare” appears- the brooksנַחֲלֵיnachale
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachale” appears- of honeyדְּבַשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears- and curdsחֶמְאָהchema
curds, butter
Curds or butter: curdled milk.
Where else “chema” appears
The context
16The poison of vipers he will suck; the tongue of the adder will kill him.
17 · This verse (above)
18He gives back what he toiled for, and does not swallow it; according to the wealth of what he got in exchange, he does not rejoice.