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Ifאִםhe setיָשִׂיםhis heartלִבּוֹon him,אֵלָיוif his spiritרוּחוֹand his breathוְנִשְׁמָתוֹto himselfאֵלָיוhe gathered,יֶאֱסֹף
Job 34:14
Study it in the app“If he set his heart on him, if his spirit and his breath to himself he gathered,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 34:14, word by word
- he setיָשִׂיםyasim
take to heart
"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.
Where else “yasim” appears- his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- if his spiritרוּחruch
Spirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruch” appears- and his breathנִשְׁמָתnishmat
breath of God
God's breath, which gives life or destroys.
Where else “nishmat” appears- he gatheredיֶאֱסֹףyeesof
withdraw
To withdraw what was there before, such as peace or joy.
Where else “yeesof” appears
Translation note
“On him”: it can be “on man” or “on himself.”
The context
13Who put in his charge the earth? And who set up the whole world?
14 · This verse (above)
15all flesh would expire together, and the human being to dust would return.