Job 15:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָסֶל

Transliteration

kî-ḵissāh p̄ānāyw bəḥelbô wayyaʿaś pîmāh ʿălê-ḵāsel

Grammar Details

*kî-ḵissāh*: conjunction + piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - because he has covered
*p̄ānāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his face
*bəḥelbô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with his fat
*wayyaʿaś*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he made
*pîmāh*: noun, feminine singular - fat fold
*ʿălê-ḵāsel*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - upon the flank

Word Meanings

*kāsāh*: to cover, conceal, hide
*pānîm*: face, presence, person
*ḥēleḇ*: fat, grease, finest part
*ʿāśāh*: to do, make, accomplish
*pîmāh*: fat, fold of fat, suet
*kesel*: flank, loin, confidence

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 17:10 : 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
Ps 73:7 : 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Ps 78:31 : 31 When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.
Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Job 17:10 : 10 But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.

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