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In the ravineבַּעֲרוּץof the streamsנְחָלִיםthey must dwell,לִשְׁכֹּןin holesחֹרֵיof the dustעָפָרand in the crags.וְכֵפִים
Job 30:6
Study it in the app“In the ravine of the streams they must dwell, in holes of the dust and in the crags.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 30:6, word by word
- In the ravineעֲרוּץaruts
dreadful ravine
A ravine, a fearsome place. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 30:6).
Where else “aruts” appears- of the streamsנְחָלִיםnechalim
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nechalim” appears- they must dwellשְׁכֹּןshekon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shekon” appears- in holesחֹרֵיchore
hole, cave
A hole, a hollow in the earth or in the rock.
Where else “chore” appears- of the dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- and in the cragsכֵפִיםchefim
rock
A rock, a hollow rock.
Where else “chefim” appears
The context
5From the midst they are driven out; they shout at them as at a thief.
6 · This verse (above)
7Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.