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Thoughאִםhe heap upיִצְבֹּרsilverכָּסֶףlike dust,כֶּעָפָרand prepareיָכִיןgarmentsמַלְבּוּשׁlike clay,וְכַחֹמֶר
Job 27:16
Study it in the app“Though he heap up silver like dust, and prepare garments like clay,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 27:16, word by word
- he heap upיִצְבֹּרyitsbor
heap up, store
Heap up, pile up, store.
Where else “yitsbor” appears- silverכָּסֶףkasef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kasef” appears- like dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- and prepareיָכִיןyachin
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “yachin” appears- garmentsמַלְבּוּשׁmalbush
clothing, garment
Garment, clothing: what someone has on.
Where else “malbush” appears- like clayחֹמֶרchomer
clay
Wet earth, the potter's dough, or mire.
Where else “chomer” appears
The context
15His survivors will be buried by death, and his widows will not weep.
16 · This verse (above)
17he may prepare them, but the righteous will wear them, and the innocent will divide the silver.