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let me sowאֶזְרְעָהand anotherוְאַחֵרeat,יֹאכֵלand let my shootsוְצֶאֱצָאַיbe uprooted.יְשֹׁרָשׁוּ
Job 31:8
Study it in the app“let me sow and another eat, and let my shoots be uprooted.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:8, word by word
- let me sowאֶזְרְעָהezra
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “ezra” appears- and anotherאַחֵרacher
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appears- eatיֹאכֵלyochel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochel” appears- and let my shootsצֶאֱצָאַtseetsaa
offspring
Children and descendants.
Where else “tseetsaa” appears- be uprootedיְשֹׁרָשׁוּyeshorashu
uproot
To pull a plant out with all its roots.
Where else “yeshorashu” appears
The context
7If my step has turned aside from the way, and my heart has gone after my eyes, and a stain has stuck to my palms,
8 · This verse (above)
9If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and at the door of my neighbor I have lain in wait,