Job 31:40

“instead of wheat let thorns come up, and instead of barley, stinkweed.” The words of Job are ended.”

Job 31:40 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 31:40, word by word

wheatחִטָּהchita

wheat

Wheat.

Where else “chita” appears
let thornsחוֹחַchoach

thistle

A wild plant full of prickles that grows on abandoned land.

Where else “choach” appears
come upיֵצֵאyetse

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “yetse” appears
barleyשְׂעֹרָהseora

barley

Barley.

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stinkweedבָאְשָׁהvasha

stinkweed

A foul-smelling weed, a useless plant. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 31:40).

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The wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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of Jobאִיּוֹבiyov

Job

Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.

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are endedתַּמּוּtamu

end

To be over, reach its close.

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The context

39if its strength I have eaten without silver, and made the soul of its owners breathe its last,

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