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to the manלְגֶבֶרwhoseאֲשֶׁרwayדַּרְכּוֹis hidden,נִסְתָּרָהand around whomוַ בַּעֲדוֹEloahאֱלוֹהַּhas put a hedge?יָּסֶךְ
Job 3:23
Study it in the app“to the man whose way is hidden, and around whom Eloah has put a hedge?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 3:23, word by word
- to the manגֶבֶרgever
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appears- wayדַּרְכּdark
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “dark” appears- is hiddenנִסְתָּרָהnistara
hide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “nistara” appears- Eloahאֱלוֹהַּeloha
Eloah, god
Eloah: a name of God, the singular form of Elohim; also any god. It is used mostly in poetry.
Where else “eloha” appears- has put a hedgeיָּסֶךְyasech
hedge in
To hedge around.
Where else “yasech” appears
Translation note
“Has put a hedge”: the same image that the Satan used in 1:10, where the hedge was a protection; here it can be understood as confinement.
The context
22to those who rejoice to the point of exultation, who are glad when they find the grave,
23 · This verse (above)
24For before my bread my sighing comes, and my roarings pour out like water.