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Fine goldסְגוֹרcannotלֹאbe givenיֻתַּןin exchange for it,תַּחְתֶּיהָnorוְלֹאcan silverכֶּסֶףbe weighedיִשָּׁקֵלas its price.מְחִירָהּ
Job 28:15
Study it in the app“Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can silver be weighed as its price.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 28:15, word by word
- Fine goldסְגוֹרsegor
fine gold
The purest precious metal, kept under lock.
Where else “segor” appears- be givenיֻתַּןyutan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yutan” appears- can silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- be weighedיִשָּׁקֵלyishakel
weigh
Weigh; pay by weighing out silver.
Where else “yishakel” appears- as its priceמְחִירָmechira
price, payment
Price, payment.
Where else “mechira” appears
Translation note
In verses 15 to 19 the Hebrew uses four different words for gold.
The context
14The deep says, ‘It is not in me’; and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15 · This verse (above)
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphire.