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ifאִםits strengthכֹּחָהּI have eatenאָכַלְתִּיwithoutבְלִיsilver,כָסֶףand made the soulוְנֶפֶשׁof its ownersבְּעָלֶיהָbreathe its last,הִפָּחְתִּי
Job 31:39
Study it in the app“if its strength I have eaten without silver, and made the soul of its owners breathe its last,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:39, word by word
- its strengthכֹּחָkoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koach” appears- I have eatenאָכַלְתִּיachalti
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achalti” appears- withoutבְלִיveli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “veli” appears- silverכָסֶףchasef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “chasef” appears- and made the soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nefesh” appears- of its ownersבְּעָלֶיbeale
owner
One who owns something and answers for it: a house, an ox, a field.
Where else “beale” appears- breathe its lastהִפָּחְתִּיhipachti
breathe out
To give up the last breath and die.
Where else “hipachti” appears
Translation note
“Its strength”: what the land produces. “Without silver”: without paying.
The context
38If against me my ground cries out, and together its furrows weep,
39 · This verse (above)
40instead of wheat let thorns come up, and instead of barley, stinkweed.” The words of Job are ended.