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Does the wild donkeyהֲ פֶּרֶאbrayיִנְהַקoverעֲלֵיgrass?דֶשֶׁאOrאִםdoes the oxשּׁוֹרlowיִגְעֶהoverעַלits fodder?בְּלִילוֹ
Job 6:5
Study it in the app“Does the wild donkey bray over grass? Or does the ox low over its fodder?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 6:5, word by word
- Does the wild donkeyפֶּרֶאpere
wild donkey
Wild donkey of the desert: a free animal no one tames. The image speaks of someone independent.
Where else “pere” appears- brayיִנְהַקyinhak
bray
To bray, like a donkey; to cry out from hunger.
Where else “yinhak” appears- grassדֶשֶׁאdeshe
vegetation
Tender vegetation that sprouts: new grass, green growth.
Where else “deshe” appears- does the oxשּׁוֹרshor
ox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shor” appears- lowיִגְעֶהyige
low
To low: the sound cattle make.
Where else “yige” appears- its fodderבְּלִילbelil
fodder
Fodder: a mixture of grains given to livestock to eat.
Where else “belil” appears
The context
4For the arrows of Shaddai are with me, whose venom my spirit drinks; the terrors of Eloah are arrayed against me.
5 · This verse (above)
6Can what is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there flavor in the slime of the purslane?