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Ifאִםthere isיֵשׁbeside himעָלָיוa messenger,מַלְאָךְan interpreter,מֵלִיץoneאֶחָדamongמִנִּיa thousand,אָלֶףto declareלְהַגִּידto a human beingלְאָדָםhis uprightness,יָשְׁרוֹ
Job 33:23
Study it in the app“If there is beside him a messenger, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to declare to a human being his uprightness,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 33:23, word by word
- a messengerמַלְאָךְmalach
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malach” appears- an interpreterמֵלִיץmelits
interpreter
One who repeats in his own language what another says: an interpreter or an envoy.
Where else “melits” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- a thousandאָלֶףalef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appears- to declareהַגִּידhagid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagid” appears- to a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- his uprightnessיָשְׁרyashr
uprightness
Uprightness: what is straight and right.
Where else “yashr” appears
Translation note
“A messenger, an interpreter”: the word “messenger” is the same as “angel,” and “interpreter” can also be “intercessor.” The Hebrew does not say who he is; it can be understood as someone who speaks to the man on God’s behalf and in the man’s favor. “His uprightness”: what is upright for him, or the uprightness of the messenger himself.
The context
22And his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to those who bring death.
23 · This verse (above)
24then he shows him favor and says, ‘Rescue him from going down to the pit; I have found compensation,’