26
You will comeתָּבוֹאin full maturityבְכֶלַחtoאֱלֵיthe grave,קָבֶרas a stack of sheavesכַּ גָּדִישׁgoes upעֲלוֹתin its season.בְּעִתּוֹ
Job 5:26
Study it in the app“You will come in full maturity to the grave, as a stack of sheaves goes up in its season.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 5:26, word by word
- You will comeתָּבוֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears- in full maturityכֶלַחchelach
full age, vigor
Full age, ripe vigor. The word appears only twice in the Bible (Job 5:26; 30:2) and its exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “chelach” appears- the graveקָבֶרkaver
tomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kaver” appears- as a stack of sheavesגָּדִישׁgadish
sheaf
A pile of reaped bundles.
Where else “gadish” appears- goes upעֲלוֹתalot
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alot” appears- in its seasonעִתּit
season
The right moment or the part of the year when something is due.
Where else “it” appears
Translation note
“In full maturity”: a rare word (only here and in 30:2); its exact sense is uncertain.
The context
25You will know that your offspring will be many, and your offshoots like the grass of the earth.
26 · This verse (above)
27Look, this we have searched out; so it is. Hear it, and you, know it for yourself.”