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Forכִּיhe crushedרִצַּץand abandonedעָזַבthe poor;דַּלִּיםa houseבַּיִתhe seized,גָּזַלand did notוְלֹאbuild it.יִבֶנֵהוּ
Job 20:19
Study it in the app“For he crushed and abandoned the poor; a house he seized, and did not build it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 20:19, word by word
- he crushedרִצַּץritsats
crush
To shatter, oppress: "the damaged reed".
Where else “ritsats” appears- and abandonedעָזַבazav
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azav” appears- the poorדַּלִּיםdalim
poor, weak
Poor, weak: one who has little and little strength to defend himself.
Where else “dalim” appears- a houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- he seizedגָּזַלgazal
seize, rob
Take by force, rob, tear away.
Where else “gazal” appears- build itיִבֶנֵyivene
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yivene” appears
The context
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.
19 · This verse (above)
20For he did not know tranquility in his belly; nothing of what he covets will he rescue.