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From the cityמֵעִירmenמְתִיםgroan,יִנְאָקוּand the soulוְנֶפֶשׁof the woundedחֲלָלִיםcalls for help;תְּשַׁוֵּעַyet Eloahוֶאֱלוֹהַּdoes notלֹאcount itיָשִׂיםas impropriety.תִּפְלָה
Job 24:12
Study it in the app“From the city men groan, and the soul of the wounded calls for help; yet Eloah does not count it as impropriety.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 24:12, word by word
- From the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- menמְתִיםmetim
men
Men. "Men of number" means few, easily counted.
Where else “metim” appears- groanיִנְאָקוּyinaku
groan
To groan, to moan with pain.
Where else “yinaku” appears- and the soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- of the woundedחֲלָלִיםchalalim
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalalim” appears- calls for helpתְּשַׁוֵּעַteshavea
cry for help
To cry out for help, to call aloud to be rescued.
Where else “teshavea” appears- yet Eloahאֱלוֹהַּeloha
Eloah, god
Eloah: a name of God, the singular form of Elohim; also any god. It is used mostly in poetry.
Where else “eloha” appears- count itיָשִׂיםyasim
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “yasim” appears- as improprietyתִּפְלָהtifla
wrong, unseemliness
Something unseemly, wrong or senseless.
Where else “tifla” appears
Translation note
“Does not count it as impropriety”: it can be understood that he does not treat it as something out of place, that he does not intervene. The word is the same as in 1:22.
The context
11Between their walls they press out oil; they tread the winepresses, and are thirsty.
12 · This verse (above)
13They are among those who rebel against the light; they do not recognize its ways, and do not remain in its paths.