Job 14:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.”

Job 14:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 14:1910 words

HebrewMeaning

אֲבָנִ֤יםʾăbāniym

(chalk-nounH68

carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···

שָׁ֥חֲקוּšāḥăqw

beatverbH7833

wear

מַ֗יִםmayim

waternounH4325

piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···

תִּשְׁטֹֽףtišəṭōp

drownverbH7857

flow(-whelm · rinse · run · rush ···

סְפִיחֶ֥י/הָsəpiyḥeyhā

things as grownounH5599

which groweth of its own accord

עֲפַרʿăpar

ashesnounH6083

dust · earth · ground · morter ···

אָ֑רֶץʾāreṣ

earthnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

וְ/תִקְוַ֖תwətiqəwat

expectationconjH8615

hope · live · thing that I long for

אֱנ֣וֹשׁʾĕnwōš

anothernounH582

thirsty · certain · chap; divers · fellow ···

הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּheʾĕbadətā

breakverbH6

destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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