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Droughtצִיָּהandגַםheatחֹםseizeיִגְזְלוּthe watersמֵימֵיof snow;שֶׁלֶגSheol,שְׁאוֹלthose who have sinned.חָטָאוּ
Job 24:19
Study it in the app“Drought and heat seize the waters of snow; Sheol, those who have sinned.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 24:19, word by word
- Droughtצִיָּהtsiya
drought, dry land
Dryness; dry land, desert.
Where else “tsiya” appears- heatחֹםchom
heat
Heat.
Where else “chom” appears- seizeיִגְזְלוּyigzlu
seize, rob
Take by force, rob, tear away.
Where else “yigzlu” appears- the watersמֵימֵיmeme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “meme” appears- of snowשֶׁלֶגsheleg
snow
Snow.
Where else “sheleg” appears- Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- those who have sinnedחָטָאוּchatau
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatau” appears
The context
18Swift is he on the face of the waters; cursed is their plot in the land; he does not turn toward the road of the vineyards.
19 · This verse (above)
20The womb forgets him; the worms savor him; he is no longer remembered, and injustice is broken like a tree.