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He breaks openפָּרַץa shaftנַחַלfar from where people live;מֵעִם גָּרforgottenהַנִּשְׁכָּחִיםby the foot,מִנִּי רָגֶלthey hangדַּלּוּfar from mortals,מֵאֱנוֹשׁthey sway.נָעוּ
Job 28:4
Study it in the app“He breaks open a shaft far from where people live; forgotten by the foot, they hang far from mortals, they sway.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 28:4, word by word
- He breaks openפָּרַץparats
breach
To smash a wall, burst in.
Where else “parats” appears- a shaftנַחַלnachal
valley
The hollow the water runs through.
Where else “nachal” appears- far from where people liveגָּרgar
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “gar” appears- forgottenנִּשְׁכָּחִיםnishkachim
forget
Forget.
Where else “nishkachim” appears- by the footרָגֶלragel
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragel” appears- they hangדַּלּוּdalu
hang limp
To hang in the air without support, swinging.
Where else “dalu” appears- far from mortalsאֱנוֹשׁenosh
man, mortal
Man, mortal: the human being seen in his weakness; also people in general.
Where else “enosh” appears- they swayנָעוּnau
stagger
To shake, tremble, totter.
Where else “nau” appears
Translation note
A difficult verse. It seems to describe the miners, who go down hanging from ropes into places where no one passes.
The context
3He sets an end to darkness, and to every limit he searches out the stone of gloom and of the shadow of death.
4 · This verse (above)
5The earth, from it comes forth bread, and beneath it it is overturned as by fire.