Job 42:6
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
כֵּן
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
עָפָר
dust
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עָפָר
Dust, dry earth. Aphar. The material from which God formed Adam. You are dust and to dust you shall return. But between the dust God breathed His own life into you.
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עַל
there-
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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מָאַס
I reject
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מָאַס
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
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