Job 27:21

“The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; and it sweeps him away in a storm from his place.”

Job 27:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 27:21, word by word

The east windקָדִיםkadim

east wind

A hot, dry wind from the desert that scorches plants.

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lifts him upיִשָּׂאֵyisae

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

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and he is goneיֵלַךְyelach

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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and it sweeps him away in a stormישָׂעֲרֵysaare

sweep away

To carry off like a gale.

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from his placeמְּקֹמmekom

place

A place, a spot.

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The context

20Terrors overtake him like waters; by night the whirlwind steals him away.

21 · This verse (above)

22And it hurls at him and does not have compassion; from its hand he flees in haste.

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