Job 14:7
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָחַל
yâchal
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
רַךְ
rak
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁבַת shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Study H7673 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →Cross References
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the ...
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