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Job 17:14 — King James Version← Study notes

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.


Job 17:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 17:147 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/שַּׁ֣חַתlašaḥat
to the pitpronH7845
destruction · ditch · grave · pit
קָ֭רָאתִיqārāʾtiy
I have called outverbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
אָ֣בִ/יʾābiy
are father mynounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
אָ֑תָּהʾātāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
אִמִּ֥/יʾimiy
O mother mynounH517
mother · parting
וַ֝/אֲחֹתִ֗/יwaʾăḥōtiy
and sister myconjH269
sister · together
לָֽ/רִמָּֽהlārimāh
to the maggotpronH7415
Words 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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