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Look,הֵןin his servantsבַּעֲבָדָיוhe does notלֹאtrust,יַאֲמִיןand to his angelsוּבְמַלְאָכָיוhe chargesיָשִׂיםerror;תָּהֳלָה
Job 4:18
Study it in the app“Look, in his servants he does not trust, and to his angels he charges error;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 4:18, word by word
- in his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avaday” appears- trustיַאֲמִיןyaamin
believe
To rely on someone and on what they say: Abram with YHWH.
Where else “yaamin” appears- and to his angelsמַלְאָכָיmalachay
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malachay” appears- he chargesיָשִׂיםyasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasim” appears- errorתָּהֳלָהtahola
error, folly
Error, folly. The word appears only once in the Bible (Job 4:18) and its exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “tahola” appears
Translation note
“Error”: a word that appears only here; its exact sense is uncertain.
The context
17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than Eloah? Can a man be purer than his Maker?
18 · This verse (above)
19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust; they crush them before the moth.