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Job 2:5
“But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אוּלָםʼûwlâm · oo-lawm'
H199 · Hebrew
H199 · Hebrew
- Definition
- however or on the contrary
- Derivation
- apparently a variation of H194 (אוּלַי);
- KJV renderings
- as for, but, howbeit, in very deed, surely, truly, wherefore.
- Grammar
- אוּלָם֙ — adverb
- Usage
- Occurs 19 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 28:19Genesis 48:19Exodus 9:16Numbers 14:21Judges 18:29
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 אוּלָם 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.