Job
Job 6:18
18Caravans turn aside from their routes;
they go into the wasteland and perish.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caravans | אָרְח֣וֹת | ’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ | Noun - common plural construct | H734 way, path |
| turn aside | יִ֭לָּ֣פְתוּ | yil·lā·p̄ə·ṯū | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3943 twist, turn, grasp with a twisting motion |
| from their routes | דַּרְכָּ֑ם | dar·kām | Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine plural | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| they go | יַעֲל֖וּ | ya·‘ă·lū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| into the wasteland | בַתֹּ֣הוּ | ḇat·tō·hū | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H8414 formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness |
| and perish | וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃ | wə·yō·ḇê·ḏū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H6 perish |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.