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Job 19:24
“That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֵטʻêṭ · ate
H5842 · Hebrew
H5842 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a stylus or marking stick
- Derivation
- from H5860 (עִיט) (contracted) in the sense of swooping, i.e. side-long stroke;
- KJV renderings
- pen.
- Grammar
- בְּ — preposition
- עֵט — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 4 times in the Hebrew Bible.Psalms 45:2Jeremiah 8:8Jeremiah 17:1
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 עֵט 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.