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his vesselsעֲטִינָיוare fullמָלְאוּof milk,חָלָבand the marrowוּמֹחַof his bonesעַצְמוֹתָיוis moist.יְשֻׁקֶּה
Job 21:24
Study it in the app“his vessels are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moist.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 21:24, word by word
- his vesselsעֲטִינָיatinay
pail, side
A vessel, a container (for milk); perhaps the side or the breast. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 21:24) and its exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “atinay” appears- are fullמָלְאוּmalu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “malu” appears- of milkחָלָבchalav
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appears- and the marrowמֹחַmoach
marrow
Marrow, the inside of the bones. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 21:24).
Where else “moach” appears- of his bonesעַצְמוֹתָיatsmotay
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmotay” appears- is moistיְשֻׁקֶּהyeshuke
water
To water the land.
Where else “yeshuke” appears
Translation note
“His vessels”: a word that appears only here; the general sense is that he lives in abundance and with a healthy body.
The context
23One dies in his very fullness, wholly at ease and tranquil;
24 · This verse (above)
25And another dies with a bitter soul, and did not eat of the good.