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Iאֲנִיhave seenרָאִיתִיthe foolאֱוִילtaking root,מַשְׁרִישׁand I cursedוָאֶקּוֹבhis dwellingנָוֵהוּsuddenly.פִתְאֹם
Job 5:3
Study it in the app“I have seen the fool taking root, and I cursed his dwelling suddenly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 5:3, word by word
- have seenרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- the foolאֱוִילevil
fool
A fool: one who will not learn or accept correction. It does not speak of a lack of intelligence but of an attitude toward life and toward God.
Where else “evil” appears- taking rootמַשְׁרִישׁmashrish
take root
To take hold in the ground by sending out roots, like a plant that prospers.
Where else “mashrish” appears- and I cursedאֶקּוֹבekov
curse
Curse: speak against someone to bring evil on him.
Where else “ekov” appears- his dwellingנָוֵnave
abode
A place to live.
Where else “nave” appears- suddenlyפִתְאֹםfitom
suddenly
Suddenly, in an instant.
Where else “fitom” appears
The context
2For vexation kills the fool, and jealousy puts to death the simple.
3 · This verse (above)
4His sons are far from salvation; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver.