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And heוְהוּאto the gravesלִקְבָרוֹתis carried,יוּבָלand overוְעַלthe heapגָּדִישׁwatch is kept.יִשְׁקוֹד
Job 21:32
Study it in the app“And he to the graves is carried, and over the heap watch is kept.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 21:32, word by word
- to the gravesקְבָרוֹתkevarot
tomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kevarot” appears- is carriedיוּבָלyuval
bring, lead
To bring, to lead; sometimes in a procession, with solemnity.
Where else “yuval” appears- the heapגָּדִישׁgadish
mound
Earth piled over a grave.
Where else “gadish” appears- watch is keptיִשְׁקוֹדyishkod
keep watch, be awake
To keep watch, to stay awake and alert in order to guard something.
Where else “yishkod” appears
Translation note
“The heap”: the mound of earth over the tomb, which someone watches over. It is the same word as the “heap of sheaves” of 5:26.
The context
31Who will tell his way to his face? And what he has done, who will repay him for it?
32 · This verse (above)
33Sweet to him are the clods of the valley; and after him every human being goes, and before him, without number.