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Wiseחֲכַםin heartלֵבָבand mightyוְאַמִּיץin strength,כֹּחַwhoמִיhas hardened himselfהִקְשָׁהagainst himאֵלָיוand remained at peace?וַיִּשְׁלָם
Job 9:4
Study it in the app“Wise in heart and mighty in strength, who has hardened himself against him and remained at peace?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 9:4, word by word
- Wiseחֲכַםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- in heartלֵבָבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- and mightyאַמִּיץamits
strong, mighty
Strong, firm, mighty.
Where else “amits” appears- in strengthכֹּחַkoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koach” appears- has hardened himselfהִקְשָׁהhiksha
harden
To make the heart unyielding.
Where else “hiksha” appears- and remained at peaceיִּשְׁלָםyishlam
make peace
To come to terms with someone.
Where else “yishlam” appears
The context
3If he wished to contend with him, he could not answer him one in a thousand.
4 · This verse (above)
5He who removes mountains, and they do not know that he overturns them in his anger;