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then he shows him favorוַיְחֻנֶּנּוּand says,וַיֹּאמֶר‘Rescue himפְּדָעֵהוּfrom going downמֵרֶדֶתto the pit;שָׁחַתI have foundמָצָאתִיcompensation,’כֹפֶר
Job 33:24
Study it in the app“then he shows him favor and says, ‘Rescue him from going down to the pit; I have found compensation,’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 33:24, word by word
- then he shows him favorיְחֻנֶּyechune
show favor
To treat someone with undeserved kindness.
Where else “yechune” appears- and saysיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- ‘Rescue himפְּדָעֵpedae
deliver, ransom
To rescue, to deliver. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 33:24).
Where else “pedae” appears- from going downרֶדֶתredet
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “redet” appears- to the pitשָׁחַתshachat
grave
The grave, from which God rescues.
Where else “shachat” appears- I have foundמָצָאתִיmatsati
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsati” appears- compensation,’כֹפֶרchofer
ransom
What is paid for a life.
Where else “chofer” appears
Translation note
“Compensation”: the payment given to free a life (Exodus 21:30). The Hebrew does not say what it is or who finds it.
The context
23If there is beside him a messenger, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to declare to a human being his uprightness,
24 · This verse (above)
25his flesh becomes fresher than in childhood; he returns to the days of his youth.