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The shadesהָרְפָאִיםwritheיְחוֹלָלוּbeneathמִתַּחַתthe watersמַיִםand their inhabitants.וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶם
Job 26:5
Study it in the app“The shades writhe beneath the waters and their inhabitants.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 26:5, word by word
- The shadesרְפָאִיםrefaim
shades, the dead
The shades: the dead who are in Sheol. Only plural. It is a different word, though spelled the same, from the one that names the ancient people of the Rephaim.
Where else “refaim” appears- writheיְחוֹלָלוּyecholalu
writhe
To twist and shudder from sharp pain or from fear.
Where else “yecholalu” appears- the watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and their inhabitantsשֹׁכְנֵיshochne
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shochne” appears
Translation note
“The shades”: in Hebrew, rephaim; here they are the dead who are in Sheol (as in Psalm 88:10; Isaiah 14:9). It is the same word that in other books names an ancient people of giants, the Rephaim.
The context
4To whom have you told words, and whose breath has come out from you?
5 · This verse (above)
6Naked is Sheol before him, and Abaddon has no covering.