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Job 24:19

“Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

צִיָּהtsîyâh · tsee-yaw'
H6723 · Hebrew

Definition: aridity; concretely, a desert
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to parch;
KJV renderings: barren, drought, dry (land, place), solitary place, wilderness.
Grammar: צִיָּ֤ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
Code HNcfsa
Usage: Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 30:3 Psalms 63:2 Psalms 78:17 Psalms 105:41 Psalms 107:35

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 18 Verse 20

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.