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forכִּיit would be a fireאֵשׁ הִיאthat consumesתֹּאכֵלas far asעַדAbaddon,אֲבַדּוֹןand allוּבְכָלmy harvestתְּבוּאָתִיit would uproot.תְשָׁרֵשׁ
Job 31:12
Study it in the app“for it would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and all my harvest it would uproot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:12, word by word
- it would be a fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- that consumesתֹּאכֵלtochel
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochel” appears- Abaddonאֲבַדּוֹןavadon
Abaddon, destruction
Abaddon: "destruction, ruin." A name of the place of the dead, alongside "Sheol." In the New Testament the name appears again in Revelation 9:11.
Where else “avadon” appears- my harvestתְּבוּאָתִtevuati
produce
What the land brings forth.
Where else “tevuati” appears- it would uprootתְשָׁרֵשׁtesharesh
uproot
To pull a plant out with all its roots.
Where else “tesharesh” appears
The context
11For that would be infamy, and that would be an iniquity for the judges;
12 · This verse (above)
13If I despised the right of my male slave or my female slave in their case with me,