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While it is stillעֹדֶנּוּin its greenness,בְאִבּוֹnotלֹאcut down,יִקָּטֵףit dries upיִיבָשׁbeforeוְלִפְנֵיanyכָלgrass.חָצִיר
Job 8:12
Study it in the app“While it is still in its greenness, not cut down, it dries up before any grass.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 8:12, word by word
- in its greennessאִבּib
greenness, bud
Greenness, a tender shoot: a plant while it is fresh and green.
Where else “ib” appears- cut downיִקָּטֵףyikatef
pluck
Pluck: pick heads of grain or shoots by hand.
Where else “yikatef” appears- it dries upיִיבָשׁyivash
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yivash” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- grassחָצִירchatsir
grass
Grass that soon withers.
Where else “chatsir” appears
The context
11Does papyrus rise up without marsh? Do reeds grow without water?
12 · This verse (above)
13So are the paths of all who forget El, and the hope of the godless perishes,