Job 41:15

“Its pride is its rows of shields, shut up with a seal tight.”

Job 41:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

With the Hebrew beneath

15

Job 41:15, word by word

Its prideגַּאֲוָהgaava

pride

Thinking oneself above others.

Where else “gaava” appears
is its rowsאֲפִיקֵיafike

tube

What is hard and resistant, like a shield or a mighty warrior.

Where else “afike” appears
of shieldsמָגִנִּיםmaginim

shield

A piece the soldier carries on his arm to block blows in battle.

Where else “maginim” appears
shut upסָגוּרsagur

shut

To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.

Where else “sagur” appears
with a sealחוֹתָםchotam

seal

Seal: an engraved piece that served as a personal signature; it was worn hanging from a cord or as a ring.

Where else “chotam” appears
tightצָרtsar

narrow

Not wide, with no room to move.

Where else “tsar” appears

The context

14The doors of its face who has opened? Around its teeth is terror.

15 · This verse (above)

16One to another they are joined, and wind does not come between them.

Read all of Job 41

How to use it