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Each oneאִישׁclingsיְדֻבָּקוּto its brother;בְּאָחִיהוּthey are locked togetherיִתְלַכְּדוּand do notוְלֹאseparate.יִתְפָּרָדוּ
Job 41:17
Study it in the app“Each one clings to its brother; they are locked together and do not separate.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 41:17, word by word
- Each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- clingsיְדֻבָּקוּyedubaku
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “yedubaku” appears- to its brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- they are locked togetherיִתְלַכְּדוּyitlakdu
General meaning: Take, capture.
Where else “yitlakdu” appears- separateיִתְפָּרָדוּyitparadu
separate
To go one's own way, like Abram and Lot.
Where else “yitparadu” appears
The context
16One to another they are joined, and wind does not come between them.
17 · This verse (above)
18Its sneezings make shine light, and its eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.