Lexicon
בְּעִי
be.i
H1164
H:N-M Hebrew

ruins

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be.i denotes a place described in Job as ruins amid disaster and crying.

The attested use denotes ruins, appearing in a clause that contrasts sending a hand into ruins with disaster and a cry.

Senses in use

  1. Ruins in a scene of disaster · dominant

    In Job 30:24, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause about sending a hand into ruins; the APB renders the verse with “ruins” alongside “his disaster” and “there is a cry.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 30:24, the APB presents the clause with “into ruins.” The noun's precise English correspondence is limited to the clause context.

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