Job 14:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.”

Job 14:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 14:711 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֤יkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

יֵ֥שׁyēš

thereparticleH3426

(he · it · shall · there ···

לָ/עֵ֗ץlāʿēṣ

for a treepronH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

תִּ֫קְוָ֥הtiqəwāh

is hopenounH8615

hope · live · thing that I long for

אִֽםʾim

ifconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

יִ֭כָּרֵתyikārēt

it will be cut downverbH3772

be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···

וְ/ע֣וֹדwəʿwōd

and againconjH5750

all life long · at all · besides · but ···

יַחֲלִ֑יףyaḥăliyp

it will sprout afreshverbH2498

alter · change · cut off · go on forward ···

וְ֝/יֹֽנַקְתּ֗/וֹwəyōnaqətwō

and young shoots itsconjH3127

young twig

לֹ֣אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תֶחְדָּֽלteḥədāl

it will failverbH2308

end · fall · forbear · forsake ···

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.

Church Fathers on Job 14:7

For there is a hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will be green again; and that the tender branches thereof will sprout forth. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth foliage as when it was planted. But man, when he is dead, and stripped, and consumed, where is he? 5. Now because this is self-evident according to the letter, we must refer the sense to the things…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 12 §6

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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