Job 21:21
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
חֵפֶץ
is pleasure/ his
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חֵפֶץ
Delight, desire, pleasure. Chephets. Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart. When God is your delight He shapes your desires.
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חָצַץ
they have been cut off
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חָצַץ
properly, to chop into, pierce or sever; hence, to curtail, to distribute (into ranks); to shoot an arrow
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חֹדֶשׁ
months/ his
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חֹדֶשׁ
the new moon; by implication, a month
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