Job

Job 18:16–18

¹⁶The roots beneath him dry up,

and the branches above him wither away.

¹⁷The memory of him perishes from the earth,

and he has no name in the land.

¹⁸He is driven from light into darkness

and is chased from the inhabited world.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The roots	שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו	šā·rā·šāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H8328 root
beneath him	מִ֭תַּחַת	mit·ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition-m	H8478 the under part
dry up	יִבָ֑שׁוּ	yi·ḇā·šū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3001 be dry, dried up, withered
and the branches	קְצִירֽוֹ׃	qə·ṣî·rōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7105 harvesting, harvest
above him	וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל	ū·mim·ma·‘al	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Adverb	H4605 higher part
wither away	יִמַּ֥ל	yim·mal	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5243 become clipped, circumcised

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The memory of him	זִֽכְרוֹ־	ziḵ·rōw-	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2143 remembrance, memorial
perishes	אָ֭בַד	’ā·ḇaḏ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6 perish
from	מִנִּי־	min·nî-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the earth	אָ֑רֶץ	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and he has	ל֝֗וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
no	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
name	שֵׁ֥ם	šêm	Noun - masculine singular	H8034 name
in	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the land	חֽוּץ׃	ḥūṣ	Noun - masculine singular	H2351 the outside

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He is driven	יֶ֭הְדְּפֻהוּ	yeh·də·p̄u·hū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular	H1920 thrust
from light	מֵא֣וֹר	mê·’ō·wr	Preposition-m; Noun - common singular	H216 light
into	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
darkness	חֹ֑שֶׁךְ	ḥō·šeḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity
and is chased	יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃	yə·nid·du·hū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular	H5074 retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter
from the inhabited world	וּֽמִתֵּבֵ֥ל	ū·mit·tê·ḇêl	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H8398 world

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 18:16 Hosea 9:16 · Isaiah 5:24 · Malachi 4:1 · Amos 2:9 · Job 15:30 · Job 29:19 · Job 5:3–4

Job 18:17 Psalm 34:16 · Proverbs 10:7 · Psalm 109:13 · Proverbs 2:22

Job 18:18 Job 20:8 · Job 10:22

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.