Hebrew Interlinear

Job 12:21 Interlinear

He poureth contempt upon princes the strength of the mighty and weakeneth

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1שׁוֹפֵ֣ךְH8210He pourethto spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
2בּ֭וּזH937contemptdisrespect
3עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4נְדִיבִ֑יםH5081upon princesproperly, voluntary, i.e., generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
5וּמְזִ֖יחַH4206the strengtha belt (as movable)
6אֲפִיקִ֣יםH650of the mightyproperly, containing, i.e., a tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero
7רִפָּֽה׃H7503and weakenethto slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)

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