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And I brokeוָאֲשַׁבְּרָהthe fangsמְתַלְּעוֹתof the unjust,עַוָּלand from his teethוּמִשִּׁנָּיוI threw downאַשְׁלִיךְthe prey.טָרֶף
Job 29:17
Study it in the app“And I broke the fangs of the unjust, and from his teeth I threw down the prey.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 29:17, word by word
- And I brokeאֲשַׁבְּרָashabra
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “ashabra” appears- the fangsמְתַלְּעוֹתmetalot
teeth, fangs
Fangs, jaw teeth: the teeth one bites with.
Where else “metalot” appears- of the unjustעַוָּלaval
unjust, wrongdoer
Unjust; one who does evil.
Where else “aval” appears- and from his teethשִּׁנָּיshinay
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shinay” appears- I threw downאַשְׁלִיךְashlich
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “ashlich” appears- the preyטָרֶףtaref
prey
What the beast hunts and devours.
Where else “taref” appears
The context
16A father I was to the needy, and the case I did not know, I searched it out.
17 · This verse (above)
18And I said, ‘With my nest I will expire, and like the sand I will multiply my days.