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The topazפִּטְדַתof Cushכּוּשׁcannotלֹאequal it;יַעַרְכֶנָּהwith pureטָהוֹרgoldבְּכֶתֶםit cannotלֹאbe valued.תְסֻלֶּה
Job 28:19
Study it in the app“The topaz of Cush cannot equal it; with pure gold it cannot be valued.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 28:19, word by word
- The topazפִּטְדַתpitdat
topaz
A precious stone, perhaps topaz.
Where else “pitdat” appears- of Cushכּוּשׁkush
Cush
Cush, the name of a son of Ham and of the region of his descendants, south of Egypt (Nubia; many Bibles put "Ethiopia"). This translation keeps the Hebrew name. Also an Israelite.
Where else “kush” appears- equal itיַעַרְכֶyaarche
compare
To set out the facts of a case one by one, or place one thing beside another.
Where else “yaarche” appears- with pureטָהוֹרtahor
pure
Without a mixture of anything else, like gold with no alloy.
Where else “tahor” appears- goldכֶתֶםchetem
gold, fine gold
Gold, especially pure gold as it comes from the mine. A poetic word.
Where else “chetem” appears- be valuedתְסֻלֶּהtesule
value
Set the worth of something.
Where else “tesule” appears
The context
18Coral and rock crystal will not be mentioned; and the acquiring of wisdom is worth more than pearls.
19 · This verse (above)
20But wisdom, from where does it come? And where is the place of understanding?