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Job 14:6
“Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁעָהshâʻâh · shaw-aw'
H8159 · Hebrew
H8159 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildered
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- depart, be dim, be dismayed, look (away), regard, have respect, spare, turn.
- Grammar
- שְׁעֵ֣ה — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 15 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:4Genesis 4:5Exodus 5:92 Samuel 22:42Job 7:19
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁעָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.