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With the downpourמִזֶּרֶםof the mountainsהָרִיםthey are drenched,יִרְטָבוּand for lackוּמִבְּלִיof refugeמַחְסֶהthey hugחִבְּקוּthe rock.צוּר
Job 24:8
Study it in the app“With the downpour of the mountains they are drenched, and for lack of refuge they hug the rock.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 24:8, word by word
- With the downpourזֶּרֶםzerem
rainstorm, downpour
A downpour, a heavy rain that falls all at once.
Where else “zerem” appears- of the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- they are drenchedיִרְטָבוּyirtavu
be wet
To be wet, to be soaked. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 24:8).
Where else “yirtavu” appears- and for lackבְּלִיbeli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appears- of refugeמַחְסֶהmachse
refuge, shelter
A refuge, a place to take cover.
Where else “machse” appears- they hugחִבְּקוּchibku
embrace
Embrace.
Where else “chibku” appears- the rockצוּרtsur
rock
A large rock.
Where else “tsur” appears
The context
7Naked they spend the night without clothing, and they have no covering in the cold.
8 · This verse (above)
9They seize the orphan from the breast, and against the poor they take pledges.