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Overעַלa heap of stonesגַּלhis rootsשָׁרָשָׁיוare entwined;יְסֻבָּכוּhe seesיֶחֱזֶהa houseבֵּיתof stones.אֲבָנִים
Job 8:17
Study it in the app“Over a heap of stones his roots are entwined; he sees a house of stones.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 8:17, word by word
- a heap of stonesגַּלgal
heap
Stones piled up, or ruins.
Where else “gal” appears- his rootsשָׁרָשָׁיsharashay
root
The part of a plant under the ground that holds it up and feeds it.
Where else “sharashay” appears- are entwinedיְסֻבָּכוּyesubachu
be entwined
To be intertwined, to be tangled, like roots or branches.
Where else “yesubachu” appears- he seesיֶחֱזֶהyecheze
gaze
To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.
Where else “yecheze” appears- a houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of stonesאֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears
Translation note
“He sees a house of stones”: a phrase of uncertain sense; perhaps the plant makes its way among the stones.
The context
16He is full of sap before the sun, and over his garden his shoots go out.
17 · This verse (above)
18If one swallows him up from his place, it denies him: ‘I have not seen you.’