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He gives backמֵשִׁיבwhat he toiled for,יָגָעand does notוְלֹאswallow it;יִבְלָעaccording to the wealthכְּחֵילof what he got in exchange,תְּמוּרָתוֹhe does notוְלֹאrejoice.יַעֲלֹס
Job 20:18
Study it in the app“He 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 20:18, word by word
- He gives backמֵשִׁיבmeshiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “meshiv” appears- what he toiled forיָגָעyaga
gain, fruit of toil
What is gained with toil, the fruit of labor. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 20:18).
Where else “yaga” appears- swallow itיִבְלָעyivla
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “yivla” appears- according to the wealthחֵילchel
wealth
The goods and wealth someone gathers.
Where else “chel” appears- of what he got in exchangeתְּמוּרָתtemurat
substitute
What is given in exchange for something else; a substitute; also a reward.
Where else “temurat” appears- rejoiceיַעֲלֹסyaalos
rejoice
To rejoice, to leap for joy.
Where else “yaalos” appears
The context
17He will not look on the streams, the rivers, the brooks of honey and curds.
18 · This verse (above)
19For he crushed and abandoned the poor; a house he seized, and did not build it.