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Job 33:18
“He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָשַׂךְchâsak · khaw-sak'
H2820 · Hebrew
H2820 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
- Derivation
- a primitive root; also interchangeable with H2821 (חָשַׁךְ)
- KJV renderings
- assuage, [idiom] darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
- Grammar
- יַחְשֹׂ֣ךְ — verb Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 27 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 20:6Genesis 22:12Genesis 22:16Genesis 39:91 Samuel 25:39
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 חָשַׂךְ 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.