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His fleshבְּשָׂרוֹwastes awayיִכֶלfrom sight,מֵרֹאִיand his bonesעַצְמוֹתָיוthat were notלֹאseenרֻאּוּare laid bare.וְשֻׁפּוּ
Job 33:21
Study it in the app“His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones that were not seen are laid bare.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 33:21, word by word
- His fleshבְּשָׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- wastes awayיִכֶלyichel
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “yichel” appears- from sightרֹאִיroi
one who sees
A viewer. Name Hagar gave to God: the one who looks on me.
Where else “roi” appears- and his bonesעַצְמוֹתָיatsmotay
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmotay” appears- seenרֻאּוּruu
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “ruu” appears- are laid bareשֻׁפּוּshupu
be laid bare
To be laid bare, to stick out uncovered.
Where else “shupu” appears
The context
20so that his life loathes bread, and his soul desirable food.
21 · This verse (above)
22And his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to those who bring death.