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It countsיַחְשֹׁבironבַּרְזֶלas straw,לְתֶבֶןand bronzeנְחוּשָׁהas rottenרִקָּבוֹןwood.לְעֵץ
Job 41:27
Study it in the app“It counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 41:27, word by word
- It countsיַחְשֹׁבyachshov
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “yachshov” appears- ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears- as strawתֶבֶןteven
straw
Straw: chopped stalks of grain, used as fodder for animals and in making bricks.
Where else “teven” appears- and bronzeנְחוּשָׁהnechusha
bronze, copper
Bronze or copper.
Where else “nechusha” appears- as rottenרִקָּבוֹןrikavon
rotten
Rotten; "rotten wood." It appears only once in the Bible (Job 41:27).
Where else “rikavon” appears- woodעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears
The context
26The sword that reaches it does not hold, nor spear, missile or coat of mail.
27 · This verse (above)
28The son of the bow does not make it flee; into stubble are turned for it the stones of the sling.