Job 29:6
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָחַץ
râchats
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
צוּר
tsûwr
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
יָצַק
yâtsaq
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
שֶׁמֶן
shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
Key Terms in This Verse
נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →יָצַק yâtsaq
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
Study H3332 →צוּר tsûwr
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
Study H6697 →שֶׁמֶן shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
Study H8081 →Cross References
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
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