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“Howמֶהyou have helpedעָזַרְתָּone who has noלְלֹאstrength;כֹחַhow you have savedהוֹשַׁעְתָּthe armזְרוֹעַwithoutלֹאmight.עֹז
Job 26:2
Study it in the app““How you have helped one who has no strength; how you have saved the arm without might.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 26:2, word by word
- you have helpedעָזַרְתָּazarta
help
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “azarta” appears- strengthכֹחַchoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “choach” appears- how you have savedהוֹשַׁעְתָּhoshata
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshata” appears- the armזְרוֹעַzeroa
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroa” appears- mightעֹזoz
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “oz” appears
Translation note
It can be understood that Job is speaking with irony and means the opposite.
The context
1And Job answered and said:
2 · This verse (above)
3How you have counseled one who has no wisdom, and sound judgment in abundance you have made known.