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They moveיַשִּׂיגוּboundary markers;גְּבֻלוֹתthey seizeגָּזְלוּa flockעֵדֶרand pasture it.וַיִּרְעוּ
Job 24:2
Study it in the app“They move boundary markers; they seize a flock and pasture it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 24:2, word by word
- They moveיַשִּׂיגוּyasigu
General meaning: Overtake.
Where else “yasigu” appears- boundary markersגְּבֻלוֹתgevulot
border, territory
Territory, border: the limit of a land and the region it encloses.
Where else “gevulot” appears- they seizeגָּזְלוּgazlu
seize, rob
Take by force, rob, tear away.
Where else “gazlu” appears- a flockעֵדֶרeder
herd, flock
Herd, flock, drove.
Where else “eder” appears- and pasture itיִּרְעוּyiru
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “yiru” appears
The context
1Why are times not stored up by Shaddai, and why do those who know him not see his days?
2 · This verse (above)
3The donkey of the orphans they drive away; they take in pledge the ox of the widow.