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Jobchapter 4

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Job 4— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Eliphaz: Who Ever Perished Being Innocent?1

Job 4:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַ֭יַּעַןvaiyaanand he answeredH6030אֱלִיפַ֥זʾelifazEliphazH464הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗יhateimanithe TemaniteH8489וַיֹּאמַֽר׃vaiyomarand he saidH559

Rashi on Job 4:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Eliphaz’s Address Eliphaz He was Esau’s son, and because he was nurtured in Isaac’s bosom, he merited that the Shechinah rest upon him.

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Job 4:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

לַ֭יִשׁlayisha lionH3918אֹבֵ֣דʾoved[is] perishingH6מִבְּלִי־mibeli-because notH1097טָ֑רֶףtarefpreyH2964וּבְנֵ֥יuveneiand [the] young ofH1121לָ֝בִ֗יאlavi'a lionH3833יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃yitparaduthey are scatteredH6504

Rashi on Job 4:11

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
A lion perishes without prey The princes perished like a lion who perishes without food; so did their strength to commit violence dissipate.

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Eliphaz's Night Vision: Can Mortal Man Be Just Before God?12

Job 4:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְ֭אֵלַיveelaiand to meH413דָּבָ֣רdavara wordH1697יְגֻנָּ֑בyegunavit was brought secretlyH1589וַתִּקַּ֥חvatikachand it receivedH3947אָ֝זְנִ֗יʾazeniear myH241שֵׁ֣מֶץshemetza whisperH8102מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃menhuof itH4480

Rashi on Job 4:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Now a word was conveyed secretly to me He returns to his rebuke with which he has been chastising him till now: Why are you crying? “Remember now who was innocent that perished..As I have seen, etc.

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Job 4:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

פַּ֣חַדpachadfearH6343קְ֭רָאַנִיkeraaniit happened to meH7122וּרְעָדָ֑הureadahand tremblingH7461וְרֹ֖בveroand [the] multitude ofH7230עַצְמוֹתַ֣יatzmotaibones myH6106הִפְחִֽיד׃hifchidit caused to trembleH6342

Rashi on Job 4:14

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
terror befell me from the spirit that came to me. and the spirit was an angel. as it is stated (Ps.:4): “He makes his angels spirits.”

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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