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Remember,זְכָרplease:נָאwho,מִיbeingהוּאinnocent,נָקִיperished?אָבָדAnd whereוְאֵיפֹהwere the uprightיְשָׁרִיםwiped out?נִכְחָדוּ
Job 4:7
Study it in the app“Remember, please: who, being innocent, perished? And where were the upright wiped out?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 4:7, word by word
- Rememberזְכָרzechar
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zechar” appears- innocentנָקִיnaki
innocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “naki” appears- perishedאָבָדavad
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avad” appears- And whereאֵיפֹהefo
where?
Where? From what place?
Where else “efo” appears- were the uprightיְשָׁרִיםyesharim
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yesharim” appears- wiped outנִכְחָדוּnichchadu
wipe out
To erase, destroy.
Where else “nichchadu” appears
The context
6Is not your fear your confidence, your hope the integrity of your ways?
7 · This verse (above)
8As I have seen, those who plow wickedness and those who sow suffering reap it.