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So Jobוְאִיּוֹבopensיִפְצֶהhis mouthפִּיהוּin vain;הֶבֶלwithoutבִּבְלִיknowledgeדַעַתhe multipliesיַכְבִּרwords.”מִלִּין
Job 35:16
Study it in the app“So Job opens his mouth in vain; without knowledge he multiplies words.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 35:16, word by word
- So Jobאִיּוֹבiyov
Job
Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.
Where else “iyov” appears- opensיִפְצֶהyiftse
open the mouth
To part the lips to speak or devour.
Where else “yiftse” appears- his mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- in vainהֶבֶלhevel
vain
With no result or gain, like someone toiling for nothing.
Where else “hevel” appears- withoutבְלִיveli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “veli” appears- knowledgeדַעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears- he multipliesיַכְבִּרyachbir
multiply
To multiply, to make abundant.
Where else “yachbir” appears- wordsמִלִּיןmilin
word, speech
A word, a saying; what someone says. It is a poetic word, used very often in the book of Job.
Where else “milin” appears
The context
15And now, because his anger has not called anyone to account, and he does not greatly know the arrogance,
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