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The earth,אֶרֶץfrom itמִמֶּנָּהcomes forthיֵצֵאbread,לָחֶםand beneath itוְתַחְתֶּיהָit is overturnedנֶהְפַּךְas byכְּמוֹfire.אֵשׁ
Job 28:5
Study it in the app“The earth, from it comes forth bread, and beneath it it is overturned as by fire.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 28:5, word by word
- The earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- comes forthיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- breadלָחֶםlachem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” appears- it is overturnedנֶהְפַּךְnehpach
overthrow
To bring down cities like Sodom.
Where else “nehpach” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears
The context
4He breaks open a shaft far from where people live; forgotten by the foot, they hang far from mortals, they sway.
5 · This verse (above)
6A place of sapphire are its stones, and it has dust of gold.