Job 24:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.”

Job 24:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 24:2010 words

HebrewMeaning

יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤/הוּyišəkāḥēhw

forgetverbH7911

at all

רֶ֨חֶםreḥem

matrixnounH7358

womb

מְתָ֘ק֤/וֹmətāqwō

feed sweetlyverbH4988

רִמָּ֗הrimāh

wormnounH7415

ע֥וֹדʿwōd

againadvH5750

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

לֹֽאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִזָּכֵ֑רyizākēr

be maleverbH2142

burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···

וַ/תִּשָּׁבֵ֖רwatišābēr

break (downconjH7665

off · in pieces · up) · broken ···

כָּ/עֵ֣ץkāʿēṣ

gallowspronH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

עַוְלָֽהʿawəlāh

iniquitynounH5766

perverseness · unjust · unrighteousness; wicked

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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