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Evenגַּםthe strengthכֹּחַof their hands,יְדֵיהֶםwhat useלָמָּהwas it to me?לִּיIn themעָלֵימוֹfull maturityכָּלַחhad perished.אָבַד
Job 30:2
Study it in the app“Even the strength of their hands, what use was it to me? In them full maturity had perished.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 30:2, word by word
- the strengthכֹּחַkoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koach” appears- of their handsיְדֵיyede
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yede” appears- full maturityכָּלַחkalach
full age, vigor
Full age, ripe vigor. The word appears only twice in the Bible (Job 5:26; 30:2) and its exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “kalach” appears- had perishedאָבַדavad
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avad” appears
The context
1But now they laugh at me, those younger than I in days, whose fathers I despised to put with the dogs of my flock.
2 · This verse (above)
3Through want and famine they are barren; they gnaw the dry land, last night desolation and ruin.