Job 14:10

וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

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וְ גֶ֣בֶר

וְ

Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)

גֶ֣בֶר

Root word man, men, mighty, mans, one, …

Dictionary form: גֶּבֶר · ɡeh-BER

Noun — Common, masculine singular, absolute state

In the KJV here: but man

man ×9 a man ×8 is the man ×4 man by man ×4 of a man ×4 and the man ×3 men ×3 for a man ×2

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man — Most neutral and broadly applicable rendering.

male — Emphasizes biological sex when gender distinction matters.

warrior — Highlights the word's connotation of strength and might.

mighty one — Captures heroic or powerful nuance in poetic contexts.

fellow — Informal; suits conversational or narrative passages.

mortal — Underscores human frailty, especially in wisdom literature.

BDB1462 H1397 H1399

I. גֶּ֫בֶר₆₆ noun masculine man (Late Hebrew id., MI¹⁶ גברן (plural), Aramaic גְּבַר, ; Assyrian gabru, rival is Akkadian Loan-word according to Schr^{JLZ 1874, 200} Dl^{S 120, Sm. Chald. Gen. 286}) — Deut 22:5 + 39 t.; גָּ֑בֶר Job 3:3 + 13 t.; construct גְּבַּר Ps 18:26 (= 2Sam 22:26 גִּבּוֺר but ᵐ5 ᵑ6 read גֶּבֶר); plural גְּבָרים Jer 41:16 + 10 t.; — man as strong, distinguished from women, children, and non-combatants whom he is to defend, chiefly poetic Exod 10:11; Num 24:3; Num 24:15 (E) Exod 12:37; Josh 7:14; Josh 7:17; Josh 7:18 (J) Deut 22:5 (twice in verse); Judg 5:30; 2Sam 23:1; 1Chr 23:3; 1Chr 24:4; 1Chr 26:12; Job 3:3 + 14 t. Job; Ps 18:26 + 8 t. Psalms; Prov 6:34 + 7 t. Proverbs; Isa 22:17; Jer 17:5 + 8 t. Jeremiah; Lam 3:1; Lam 3:27; Lam 3:35; Lam 3:39; Dan 8:15; Mic 2:2; Hab 2:5; Zech 13:7 also 1Sam 10:21 ᵐ5 We Dr; = each (of locusts) Joel 2:8, compare אישׁ.

man, men, mighty, mans, one, …

geber

properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply

man, strong man, warrior (emphasising strength or ability to fight)

וַֽ יֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ

וַֽ

Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)

יֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ

Root word away, discomfited, weaken

Dictionary form: חָלַשׁ · haw-LAHSH

וַ

Vav-consecutive (wayyiqtol) The וַ prefix — vav with patach plus a doubling dagesh in the next letter — flips this verb into story-telling past: translate "and (he) ___ed", not "will ___".

Verb — Qal, Sequential Imperfect (Wayyiqtol), third person masculine singular simple action — "he did" story-telling past — try "and he ___ed" the built-in subject is "he (or it)"

In the KJV here: and wasteth away

and wasteth away ×1 discomfited ×1 which didst weaken ×1

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defeat — Broad military sense; most widely applicable context.

overpower — Emphasizes overpowering an enemy in battle.

weaken — Highlights draining of strength; good for non-combat contexts.

overcome — Slightly softer than 'defeat'; suits narrative prose well.

prostrate — Conveys complete physical collapse or utter defeat.

exhaust — Stresses depletion of energy or vitality over time.

BDB2829 H2522

[חָלַשׁ]

verb 1. be weak, prostrate.

2. (si vera lectio) weaken, disable, prostrate (Aramaic חֲלַשׁ be weak; , חַלָּשׁ weak, as in Hebrew; Arabic poor (Frey)) —

Qal Imperfect וַיַּחֲלשׁ Exod 17:13, וַיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ Job 14:10 Participle חוֺלֵשׁ Isa 14:12

1. ׳וגבר ימות ויח Job 14:10 but man dieth and is prostrate.

2. disable, prostrate, followed by accusative of person Exod 17:13 (E; point as Hiph`il ?); followed by עַל person (strangely) Isa 14:12.

away, discomfited, weaken

ḥālaš

to prostrate; by implication, to overthrow, decay

to be weak, be prostrate

(Qal) to be prostrate

(Qal) to disable, prostrate

וַ יִּגְוַ֖ע

וַ

Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)

יִּגְוַ֖ע

Root word ghost, die, died, dying, dead, …

Dictionary form: גָּוַע · ɡaw-WA

וַ

Vav-consecutive (wayyiqtol) The וַ prefix — vav with patach plus a doubling dagesh in the next letter — flips this verb into story-telling past: translate "and (he) ___ed", not "will ___".

Verb — Qal, Sequential Imperfect (Wayyiqtol), third person masculine singular simple action — "he did" story-telling past — try "and he ___ed" the built-in subject is "he (or it)"

In the KJV here: giveth up the ghost

and die ×1 and died ×1 and gave up the ghost ×1 and he gave up the ghost ×1 and ready to die ×1 and they shall die ×1 and yielded up the ghost ×1 died ×1

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die — Most versatile; fits narrative and legal contexts broadly.

breathe one's last — Captures the expiring nuance without archaic 'ghost' language.

expire — Formal or clinical register; suits solemn, dignified deaths.

perish — Emphasizes finality or tragedy; good for judgment contexts.

pass away — Gentle, euphemistic tone; fits peaceful or mourning contexts.

succumb — Implies death after struggle, illness, or hardship.

BDB1559 H1478

גָּוַע verb expire perish, die (compare Arabic be empty, hungry) —

Qal Perfect גָּוַע Num 20:29; Josh 22:20 גָּוָ֑עוּ Lam 1:19 גָּוַעְנוּ Num 17:27; Num 20:3 Imperfect יִגְוַע Job 34:15, יִגְוָ֑ע Gen 6:17, יִגְוְעוּ Job 36:12, יִגְוָע֑וּ Zech 13:8, יִגְוָע֑וּן Ps 104:28 etc.; Infinitive construct גְּוַע Num 20:3 גְּוֺעַ Num 17:28 Participle גֹּוֵעַ Ps 88:16 — expire and die, only P & poetry; וימת ׳ג Gen 25:8; Gen 25:17; Gen 35:29 (all P); || מות Job 3:11; Job 14:10 compare Num 17:28 (P); || אבד Num 17:27 we expire, we perish (P); || עָנִי Ps 88:15 (progressive parall.) distressed and about to die; || יאסף אל אבותיו Gen 49:33 || עלעֿפר ישׁוב Job 34:15 compare Ps 104:29 || יִכָּֽרְתוּ Zech 13:8 absolute, both prose and (especially) poetry Num 20:3 (twice in verse); Num 20:29; Josh 22:20; Gen 6:17; Gen 7:21 (all P) Job 10:13; Job 13:19; Job 27:5; Job 36:12; Lam 1:19; Job 29:18 עִםקִֿנִּי אגוע with my nest shall I die, i.e. in full possession of what is mine, compare Di.

ghost, die, died, dying, dead, …

gāwaʿ

to breathe out, i.e., (by implication) expire

to expire, die, perish, give up the ghost, yield up the ghost, be dead, be ready to die

(Qal) to expire, die, be about to die

וְ אַיּֽ וֹ

וְ

Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)

אַיּֽ

Particle turns the sentence into a question

וֹ

Suffix — pronoun his / him / it

Dictionary form: אַיֵּה · ah-YAY

Particle — Interrogative

In the KJV here: and where is he

where ×29 and where ×5 me where ×4 but where ×2 saying where ×2 and where is he ×1 him where ×1 they where ×1

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where — Direct interrogative; most universally applicable rendering.

where is — Natural when verb must be made explicit in English.

where are — Use when subject is plural or a plural noun phrase.

where has … gone — Implies disappearance or absence; adds dramatic nuance.

whatever happened to — Colloquial; suits rhetorical or lamenting contexts.

BDB361 H346

אַיֵּה₄₅ (lengthened from אַי, compare הֵן & הִנֵּה) interr.adverb Where? Gen 18:9; Gen 19:5; Gen 22:7 the most general term expressing this idea, used of both person & things (but never with a verb [contrast אֵיפֹה]); often in poetry or elevated style, where the answer nowhere is expected, Isa 33:18; Isa 36:19; Isa 51:13; Jer 2:28 (compare Deut 32:37 אֵי) Jer 17:15; Jer 37:19, Job 15:23 he wandereth abroad for bread אַיֵּה (saying) Where is it ? Job 21:28; Zech 1:5 (אַיֵּההֵֿם); in the (iron.) phrase where is thy (their) God? Ps 42:4; Ps 42:11; Ps 79:10; Ps 115:2 (אַיֵּהנָֿא) Joel 2:17 rhetorically, of an earnest inquiry Jer 2:6; Jer 2:8; Job 35:10, or longing Isa 63:11; Isa 63:15; Judg 6:13.

where

ʾayyē

where?

where?

of persons, things

This book is chanted to the poetic accent system (used only in Job, Psalms, and Proverbs). Each group below ends at one of its pausing accents — translate a group as one unit.

וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת Dechi — a lesser break וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ Atnach — the verse's main pause — take a breath here וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ Silluq — end of the verse

וְגֶבֶר יָמוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָשׁ וַיִּגְוַע אָדָם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

Cross References

Job 19:26

וְאַחַר עוֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ-זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶֽחֱזֶה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

Job 7:7

זְכֹר כִּי-רוּחַ חַיָּי לֹֽא-תָשׁוּב עֵינִי לִרְאוֹת טֽוֹב׃

O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

Genesis 49:33

וַיְכַל יַֽעֲקֹב לְצַוֹּת אֶת-בָּנָיו וַיֶּֽאֱסֹף רַגְלָיו אֶל-הַמִּטָּה וַיִּגְוַע וַיֵּאָסֶף אֶל-עַמָּֽיו׃

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

Proverbs 14:32

בְּֽרָעָתוֹ יִדָּחֶה רָשָׁע וְחֹסֶה בְמוֹתוֹ צַדִּֽיק׃

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

Job 11:20

וְעֵינֵי רְשָׁעִים תִּכְלֶינָה וּמָנוֹס אָבַד מִנְהֶם וְתִקְוָתָם מַֽפַּח-נָֽפֶשׁ׃

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Luke 16:22

ἐγένετο δὲ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν πτωχὸν καὶ ἀπενεχθῆναι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ Ἀβραάμ· ἀπέθανεν δὲ καὶ ὁ πλούσιος καὶ ἐτάφη

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

Job 17:13

אִם-אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Acts 5:10

ἔπεσεν δὲ παραχρῆμα παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξέψυξεν· εἰσελθόντες δὲ οἱ νεανίσκοι εὗρον αὐτὴν νεκράν καὶ ἐξενέγκαντες ἔθαψαν πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς

Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying forth, her buried her by her husband.

Job 14:12

וְאִישׁ שָׁכַב וְֽלֹא-יָקוּם עַד-בִּלְתִּי שָׁמַיִם לֹא יָקִיצוּ וְלֹֽא-יֵעֹרוּ מִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Matthew 27:50

ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς πάλιν κράξας φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἀφῆκεν τὸ πνεῦμα

Jesus, when he had cried with again loud a voice, up yielded the ghost.

Job 10:18

וְלָמָּה מֵרֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָנִי אֶגְוַע וְעַיִן לֹא-תִרְאֵֽנִי׃

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

Job 3:11

לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע׃

Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

Job 14:9

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Strong's Definition H1397

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Strong's Definition H4191

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Strong's Definition H2522

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Strong's Definition H1478

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Strong's Definition H120

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Strong's Definition H346

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