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Will it makeהֲיִכְרֹתa covenantבְּרִיתwith you,עִמָּךְthat you may take itתִּקָּחֶנּוּas a slaveלְעֶבֶדforever?עוֹלָם
Job 41:4
Study it in the app“Will it make a covenant with you, that you may take it as a slave forever?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 41:4, word by word
- Will it makeיִכְרֹתyichrot
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “yichrot” appears- a covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- that you may take itתִּקָּחֶtikache
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “tikache” appears- as a slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
3Will it multiply supplications to you, or will it speak to you soft words?
4 · This verse (above)
5Will you play with it as with a bird, or bind it for your girls?