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whoseאֲשֶׁרconfidenceכִּסְלוֹis cut off,יָקוֹטand whose securityוּ מִבְטַחוֹis a spider’sעַכָּבִישׁhouse.בֵית
Job 8:14
Study it in the app“whose confidence is cut off, and whose security is a spider’s house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 8:14, word by word
- confidenceכִּסְלkisl
confidence
What one relies on.
Where else “kisl” appears- is cut offיָקוֹטyakot
be cut off
To be cut off. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 8:14) and its exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “yakot” appears- and whose securityמִבְטַחmivtach
confidence, trust
Security, what someone trusts in; a refuge.
Where else “mivtach” appears- is a spider’sעַכָּבִישׁakavish
spider
A spider.
Where else “akavish” appears- houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears
Translation note
“Is cut off”: a verb that appears only here; its exact sense is uncertain. “Spider’s house”: the spider’s web.
The context
13So are the paths of all who forget El, and the hope of the godless perishes,
14 · This verse (above)
15He leans on his house, but it does not stand; he holds fast to it, but it does not endure.