The cloudעָנָןcomes to an endכָּלָהand goes away;וַיֵּלַךְsoכֵּןone who goes downיוֹרֵדto Sheolשְׁאוֹלdoes notלֹאcome up.יַעֲלֶה
Job 7:9
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With the Hebrew beneath
Job 7:9, word by word
- The cloudעָנָןanan
cloud
A mass of vapor in the sky that gives shade, brings rain or covers the light.
Where else “anan” appears- comes to an endכָּלָהkala
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “kala” appears- and goes awayיֵּלַךְyelach
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelach” appears- one who goes downיוֹרֵדyored
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yored” appears- to Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- come upיַעֲלֶהyaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appears
The context
8The eye of the one who sees me will not catch sight of me; your eyes will be on me, and I will be no more.
9 · This verse (above)
10He will not return again to his house, nor will his place recognize him anymore.