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And it hurlsוְיַשְׁלֵךְat himעָלָיוand does notוְלֹאhave compassion;יַחְמֹלfrom its handמִיָּדוֹhe flees in haste.בָּרוֹחַ יִבְרָח
Job 27:22
Study it in the app“And it hurls at him and does not have compassion; from its hand he flees in haste.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 27:22, word by word
- And it hurlsיַשְׁלֵךְyashlech
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlech” appears- have compassionיַחְמֹלyachmol
have pity, spare
Feel pity, want to save someone; spare.
Where else “yachmol” appears- from its handיָּדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- he flees in hasteבָּרוֹחַbaroach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “baroach” appears
Translation note
“It… its hand”: the Hebrew says only “he” and “his hand”; it can refer to the east wind of verse 21 or to God. The same in verse 23.
The context
21The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; and it sweeps him away in a storm from his place.
22 · This verse (above)
23It claps its palms at him, and hisses at him from its place.