Lexicon
מַפָּח
map.pach
H4646
H:N-M Hebrew

exhalation

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map.pach denotes the soul's fleeting exhalation as the wicked person's hope in Job 11:20.

The single attested use places map.pach in the clause describing the wicked person's hope as the soul's exhalation in Job 11:20.

Senses in use

  1. The soul's exhalation as failing hope · dominant

    In Job 11:20, the construct singular form occurs in the clause about the wicked, whose eyes fail and refuge perishes; the APB renders their hope as “the exhalation of the soul.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 11:20, the APB presents the clause as “their hope will be the exhalation of the soul.” The precise contribution of the term within that phrase remains limited to the verse context.

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