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They were ashamedבֹּשׁוּbecauseכִּיthey had trusted;בָטָחthey cameבָּאוּthereעָדֶיהָand were abashed.וַיֶּחְפָּרוּ
Job 6:20
Study it in the app“They were ashamed because they had trusted; they came there and were abashed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 6:20, word by word
- They were ashamedבֹּשׁוּboshu
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “boshu” appears- they had trustedבָטָחvatach
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “vatach” appears- they cameבָּאוּbau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appears- and were abashedיֶּחְפָּרוּyechparu
be ashamed, be disappointed
To blush, to be embarrassed or disappointed, to feel shame over something that went wrong.
Where else “yechparu” appears
The context
19The caravans of Tema looked; the companies of Sheba hoped for them.
20 · This verse (above)
21For now you have become like it; you see a terror and are afraid.