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Sweetמָתְקוּto himלוֹare the clodsרִגְבֵיof the valley;נָחַלand after himוְאַחֲרָיוeveryכָּלhuman beingאָדָםgoes,יִמְשׁוֹךְand before him,וּלְפָנָיוwithoutאֵיןnumber.מִסְפָּר
Job 21:33
Study it in the app“Sweet to him are the clods of the valley; and after him every human being goes, and before him, without number.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 21:33, word by word
- Sweetמָתְקוּmatku
be sweet
Become sweet.
Where else “matku” appears- are the clodsרִגְבֵיrigve
clod
A clod, a lump of earth.
Where else “rigve” appears- of the valleyנָחַלnachal
valley
The hollow the water runs through.
Where else “nachal” appears- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- goesיִמְשׁוֹךְyimshoch
go
To set out toward a place, often as a group.
Where else “yimshoch” appears- and before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- numberמִסְפָּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears
The context
32And he to the graves is carried, and over the heap watch is kept.
33 · This verse (above)
34How, then, do you comfort me in vain, and of your answers there remains unfaithfulness?”