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Forכִּיwhatמַהis the hopeתִּקְוַתof the godlessחָנֵףwhenכִּיhe is cut off,יִבְצָעwhenכִּיEloahאֱלוֹהַּdraws outיֵשֶׁלhis life?נַפְשׁוֹ
Job 27:8
Study it in the app“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when Eloah draws out his life?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 27:8, word by word
- is the hopeתִּקְוַתtikvat
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikvat” appears- of the godlessחָנֵףchanef
godless, profane
Godless: one who lives without regard for God; defiled, profane.
Where else “chanef” appears- he is cut offיִבְצָעyivtsa
cut off
To end something, like the thread of life.
Where else “yivtsa” appears- Eloahאֱלוֹהַּeloha
Eloah, god
Eloah: a name of God, the singular form of Elohim; also any god. It is used mostly in poetry.
Where else “eloha” appears- draws outיֵשֶׁלyeshel
draw out, take away
To draw out, to take away; said of life, to take it. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 27:8).
Where else “yeshel” appears- his lifeנַפְשׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears
The context
7Let my enemy be like the wicked, and the one who rises against me like the unjust.
8 · This verse (above)
9Will El hear his cry when anguish comes upon him?