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They dig throughחָתַרhousesבָּתִּיםin the dark;בַּחֹשֶׁךְby dayיוֹמָםthey shut themselves in;חִתְּמוּ לָמוֹthey do notלֹאknowיָדְעוּthe light.אוֹר
Job 24:16
Study it in the app“They dig through houses in the dark; by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 24:16, word by word
- They dig throughחָתַרchatar
dig through
To make an opening by breaking through a wall or the ground.
Where else “chatar” appears- housesבָּתִּיםbatim
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “batim” appears- in the darkחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- by dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- they shut themselves inחִתְּמוּchitmu
seal, stop up
Seal, close up. Of the body, be blocked so that a discharge does not come out.
Where else “chitmu” appears- knowיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears
The context
15And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will catch sight of me,’ and he puts a covering on his face.
16 · This verse (above)
17For to all of them morning is the shadow of death, for they recognize the terrors of the shadow of death.