Job 20:9 — Word Study
WLCעַ֣יִן שְׁ֭זָפַתּוּ וְלֹ֣א תוֹסִ֑יף וְלֹא־ ע֝֗וֹד תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃
BSA◂The eyeʻayin [the source of perception] [that] saw himshâzaph■ [gazed upon] will see him nolôʼ [behold] moreyâçaph▸ [never again] and his placemâqôwm [location] will nolôʼ longerʻôwd [not still] behold himshûwr▸ [see, observe]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| עַ֣יִן | an eye | Noun common, feminine singular absolute |
| שְׁ֭זָפַתּוּ | it caught sight of him | Verb qal perfect third person feminine singular, suffix |
| וְלֹ֣א | and not | Conjunction, particle |
| תוֹסִ֑יף | it will repeat | Verb, Hiphil, imperfect third person feminine singular |
| וְלֹא־ | and not | Conjunction, particle |
| ע֝֗וֹד | again | Adv |
| תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ | it will see him | Verb qal imperfect third person feminine singular, suffix |
| מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ | place his | Noun common masculine singular construct, suffix |
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| BSB | The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him. |
| KJV | The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. |
| ASV | The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him. |
| YLT | The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him. |
| WEB | The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more. |
| BBE | The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him. |
All translations agree on the meaning of the verse.
The sentence consists of two main clauses connected by a conjunction, emphasizing the relationship between seeing and absence.






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Deep Study — Job 20:9
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Context — Job's Reflection on Mortalitygenerated
Job 20:9 is part of Job's lament about the fate of the wicked, where he contemplates the inevitability of death and the loss of recognition. In this passage, Job asserts that once a person has passed away, they will not be seen again, emphasizing the finality of death. This theme resonates throughout the book of Job, where the nature of suffering and the transient nature of life are explored.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Job 20:7 | he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’ |
| 2 | Job 7:8–10 | The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. |
| 3 | Job 8:18 | If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’ |
| 4 | Job 27:3 | as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils, |
| 5 | Psalm 37:10–36 | Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 6 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — שְׁ֭זָפַתּוּ, She.za.fa.tugenerated
The verb שָׁזַף (*shazaph*) means 'to see' or 'to catch sight of.' It conveys the idea of a fleeting glimpse, suggesting that once the eye has seen something, it cannot see it again. The parsing indicates that this is a perfect form, showing a completed action — the eye has seen, but will not see again.
This word captures the essence of perception and the transient nature of life. Job uses it to illustrate the finality of death, where the act of seeing is irrevocably altered.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
All translations agree that the eye that has seen will not see again.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The verse is structured around two main clauses connected by the conjunction וְ (*ve*), meaning 'and.' The first clause focuses on the eye that has seen, while the second clause discusses the place that will no longer behold.
The finite verb שְׁ֭זָפַתּוּ (*she.zafatu*) serves as the central action, with the subject being the eye and the object being the person who will no longer be seen.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates the Hebrew עַ֣יִן (*'ayin*) as ὀφθαλμὸς (*ophthalmos*), which also means 'eye.' This choice maintains the focus on perception and the act of seeing.
The Greek translation aligns closely with the Hebrew, emphasizing the finality of sight and the absence that follows death.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Job 20:9 tells us that once a person has died, they will not be seen again. The eye that once saw them will not see them anymore, and their place will no longer recognize them. This reflects the finality of death and the absence that follows.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
It signifies the finality of death; once someone has passed away, they cannot be seen again.
The eye represents perception and recognition, highlighting the loss that comes with death.
It underscores the idea that not only is the person gone, but their absence is felt in the spaces they once occupied.
This verse encapsulates Job's reflections on mortality, suffering, and the transient nature of life, themes that are central to the book.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- How do I understand the finality of death in my own life?
- What does it mean to me that once someone is gone, they cannot be seen again?
- In what ways can I honor the memory of those who have passed?
- How does this verse challenge my perspective on life and death?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early Church Fathers have commented on this verse, interpreting it in light of mortality and divine justice.
This means that their ruin comes suddenly, so that you may not believe that their calamity comes from a natural condition but that it is in accordance with a divine and extraordinary power.Early Church Fathers on Job 20 →
Ver. 9. The eye also which saw him shall see him no more: neither shall his place any more behold him. 8. What is the 'place' of the hypocrite, saving the heart of his flatterers? For there he rests,Early Church Fathers on Job 20 →
Commentators on this verse — 7 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Job 20:9 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more,.... In this world, concerned in the affairs of life, and busy in worldly employments, and especially in the grandeur he sometimes was, if not
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Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryThe eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. 'The eye followeth him, but can discern him no more' (Psalms 103:16). A sharp looking is meant (Job 28:7; cf. Job 7:10).
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Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Biblei.e. It shall not acknowledge nor contain him. A figure called prosopopaeia, as . Or, neither shall it (i.e. the eye last mentioned) behold him any more in his place.
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John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsJob 20:9 The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.Ver. 9. The eye also which saw him shall see him no more] He shall be utterly out of sight, out of mind; unkent, unkist, as the northern proverb hath it. See Job 7:8; Job 7:10, where Job speaketh as much of himself, and Zophar here twits him with it, as if Sorex suo periisset indicio, Job were a hypocrite by his own confession; so ingenious is evil will.
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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges9. See ch. Job 7:8-10; Job 8:18; Psalms 103:16.
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Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleThe eye also which saw him - This is almost exactly the language which Job uses respecting himself. See Job 7:8, note; Job 7:10, note.
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Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible9. The eye — Literally, An eye has looked upon him; it does it not again. The elevation of the wicked made him the object of a brief but earnest gaze.
Read Daniel Denison Whedon on Job 20 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
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Modern formal
The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.
Tyndale line
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, and his place shall see him no more.
Strictly literal
The eye which saw him shall [see him] not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.
The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him.
The eye has not seen him, and does not add. And his place does not behold him again.
If an eye have surveyed him, it will not do so again, and it will not behold him any more in his place.
The eye that saw him will see him no more; his place will see him no longer.
From the Latin
The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.
Simplified
Those who once saw them will not see them anymore; their families will never set eyes on them again.
The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text and the Septuagint both agree on the wording of עַ֣יִן שְׁ֭זָפַתּוּ וְלֹ֣א תוֹסִ֑יף וְלֹא־ ע֝֗וֹד תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃. There are no significant variations between the two texts.
עַ֣יִן שְׁ֭זָפַתּוּ וְלֹ֣א תוֹסִ֑יף וְלֹא־ ע֝֗וֹד תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃
8 of the 8 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Job 20:9
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
The Hebrew word עַ֫יִן (*'ayin*) means 'eye' and can refer to both the physical organ and its figurative uses, such as mental qualities and desires. It also denotes a 'spring' or 'fountain' of water. The entries highlight various phrases and contexts, including appearances and expressions of emotion, but do not indicate any significant disagreement among lexicons.
עַ֫יִן 859 n.f. eye
lit. as physical organ
eyes as showing mental qualities
desire of the eyes, abominations of the eyes
Fig. of mental and physical faculties, acts and states
Transferred mngs.:
visible surface of earth
appearance
gleam, sparkle
Other phrases are: an eye for an eye; eye to eye; in the presence of, in full view of; of business transaction; on the forehead
base
עַ֫יִן n.f. spring (of water). Particular springs are:
ע׳ חֲרֹר Ju 7:1
ע׳ הַקּוֹרֵא (partridge-spring) Ju 15:19
ע׳ רֹגֵל near Jerus.
ע׳ הַתַּנִּין (dragon-spring)
base
H5869a עַ֫יִן eye . lit. as physical organ
. . eyes as showing mental qualities
. desire of the eyes, abominations of the eyes
. Fig. of mental and physical faculties, acts and states
. Transferred mngs.: . visible surface of earth
. appearance
. gleam, sparkle
. Other phrases are: an eye for an eye; eye to eye; in the presence of, in full view of; of business transaction; on the forehead
H5869b עַ֫יִן spring (of water)
5869 `ayin ah'-yin
probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or
figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the
landscape):--affliction, outward appearance, + before, +
think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, +
displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour,
fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble,
knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please,
presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, +
think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
עַ֫יִן (a.yin) — eye.
: eye
1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
עַ֫יִן (a.yin) — Fountain (Gate).
§ spring, fountain
עַ֫יִן (a.yin) — Fountain of.
§ spring, fountain
עַ֫יִן (a.yin) — eye: seeing.
: seeing
1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
עַ֫יִן (a.yin) — eye: appearance.
: appearance
1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
עַ֫יִן (a.yin) — eye: before(the eyes).
: before(the_eyes)
1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
עַ֫יִן (a.yin) — eye: sin.
: sin
1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
N-cs — Noun common · feminine singular absoluteHNcfsa
i (`ayin; ophthalmos):
(1) The physical organ of sight, "the lamp of the body" (Mt 6:22), one of the chief channels of information for man. A cruel custom therefore sanctioned among heathen nations the putting out of the eyes of an enemy or a rival, because thus his power was most effectually shattered (Jud 16:21; 2Ki 25:7; Jer 39:7). Such blinding or putting out of the "right eye" was also considered a deep humiliation, as it robbed the victim of his beauty, and made him unfit to take his part in war (1Sa 11:2; Zec 11:17).
Eye
(Heb. ‘ain, meaning “flowing”), applied (1) to a fountain, frequently; (2) to colour (Num. 11:7; R.V., “appearance,” marg. “eye”); (3) the face (Ex. 10:5, 15; Num. 22:5, 11), in Num. 14:14, “face to face” (R.V. marg., “eye to eye”). “Between the eyes”, i.e., the forehead (Ex. 13:9, 16).
The expression (Prov. 23:31), “when it giveth his colour in the cup,” is literally, “when it giveth out [or showeth] its eye.” The beads or bubbles of wine are thus spoken of. “To set the eyes” on any one is to view him with favour (
(The practice of painting the eyelids to make the eyes look large, lustrous and languishing is often alluded to in the Old Testament, and still extensively prevails among the women of the East, and especially among the Mohammedans. Jezebel, in (2 Kings 9:30) is said to have prepared for her meeting with Jehu by painting her face, or, as it reads in the margin, "put her eyes in paint." See also (Ezekiel 23:40) A small probe of wood, ivory or silver is wet with rose-water and dipped in an impalpable black powder, and is then drawn between the lids of the eye nearly closed, and leaves a narrow black border, which is though a great ornament. --ED.)
The same Hebrew word means both eye and fountain. Besides its common use, to denote the organ of sight, it is often used figuratively in the Bible. Most of these passages, however, require no explanation. The custom of sealing up the eyes of criminals, still practiced in the East, is thought to be alluded to in Isa 6:10 44:18. The expression, "As the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters," Ps 123:2, is elucidated by a knowledge of the fact that many eastern servants are taught to stand always upon the watch, and are in general directed by a nod, a wink, or some slight motion of the fingers imperceptible to strangers. Many Scripture phrases intimate the soul-like nature of the eye, quickly and truly expressing the thoughts of the heart: such as "the bountiful eye"…
שָׁזַף (shazaph) is a primitive root meaning to tan by sun-burning, or figuratively, to scan or look at. It covers the idea of catching sight of or looking on, particularly in relation to the eye. The entries do not indicate any significant disagreement among lexicons.
[שָׁזַף] vb. catch sight of, look on (of eye)
base
H7805 שָׁזַף
7805 shazaph shaw-zaf'
a primitive root; to tan (by sun-burning); figuratively (as
if by a piercing ray) to scan:--look up, see.
שָׁזַף (sha.zaph) — to see.
(Qal) to catch sight of, look on
V-Qal-Perf-3fs | Suff — Verb qal perfect third person feminine singular · suffixHVqp3fs/Sp3ms
לֹא (lo') is a Hebrew word meaning 'not' or 'no.' It serves as a simple negation and can imply absence or prohibition. The word can also be used in various contexts, often combined with other particles for emphasis or clarification. Its Aramaic equivalent is לָא (la), which also means 'not.'
לֹא or לוֹא adv. not
base
H3808 לֹא or לוֹא not
3808 lo' lo
or lowi {lo}; or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle;
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often
used with other particles (as follows):--X before, + or else,
ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never,
no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out
of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, +
of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
לֹא (lo) — not.
1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time)
Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)
Conj | Part — Conjunction · particleHC/Tn
יָסַף (yacaph) is a Hebrew verb meaning to add or increase. It can denote actions like joining oneself to something or continuing to do a task. The entries indicate its use in various forms, including Qal, Niphal, and Hiphil, with nuances of doing something again or augmenting an amount.
יָסַף 214 vb. add
Qal add
Niph.
join (intr.), join oneself to
be joined, added to
Hiph.
add
sq. inf. add to do = do again or more
sq. Impf.
sq. Impf. asynd.
base
H3254 יָסַף add . add
. . join (intr.), join oneself to
. be joined, added to
. . add
. . sq. inf. add to do = do again or more
. sq. Impf.
. sq. Impf. asynd.
3254 yacaph yaw-saf'
a primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to
continue to do a thing):--add, X again, X any more, X cease, X
come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X
gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth,
increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make,
much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed
(further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, X yet, yield.
יָסַף (ya.saph) — to add: again.
: again/continue/more[instances]
1) to add, increase, do again
1a) (Qal) to add, increase, do again
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to join, join oneself to
1b2) to be joined, be added to
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to add, increase
1c2) to do more, do again
יָסַף (ya.saph) — to add.
: add/more[amount]
1) to add, increase, do again
1a) (Qal) to add, increase, do again
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to join, join oneself to
1b2) to be joined, be added to
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to add, increase
1c2) to do more, do again
V-Hiphil-Imperf-3fs — Verb · Hiphil · imperfect third person feminine singularHVhi3fs
לֹא (lo') is a Hebrew word meaning 'not' or 'no.' It serves as a simple negation and can imply absence or prohibition. The word can also be used in various contexts, often combined with other particles for emphasis or clarification. Its Aramaic equivalent is לָא (la), which also means 'not.'
לֹא or לוֹא adv. not
base
H3808 לֹא or לוֹא not
3808 lo' lo
or lowi {lo}; or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle;
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often
used with other particles (as follows):--X before, + or else,
ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never,
no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out
of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, +
of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
לֹא (lo) — not.
1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time)
Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)
Conj | Part — Conjunction · particleHC/Tn
עוֹד (owd) primarily denotes a sense of iteration or continuance, functioning mostly as an adverb meaning 'still,' 'yet,' or 'again.' It can also imply addition or repetition, as in 'more' or 'besides.' The word appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, emphasizing persistence or continuation.
עוֹד and (14 t.) עֹד subst. a going round, continuance, but used mostly as adv. acc. still, yet, again, besides
base
H5750 עוֹד and (14 t.) עֹד subst. a going round, continuance, but used mostly as adv. acc. still, yet, again, besides
5750 `owd ode
or rod {ode}; from 5749; properly, iteration or continuance;
used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again,
repeatedly, still, more:--again, X all life long, at all,
besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer,
(any) more(-over), X once, since, (be) still, when, (good,
the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet
(within).
see HEBREW for 05749
עוֹד (od) — still.
subst
1) a going round, continuance
adv
2) still, yet, again, besides
2a) still, yet (of continuance or persistence)
2b) still, yet, more (of addition or repetition)
2c) again
2d) still, moreover, besides
Aramaic equivalent: od (עוֹד "still" H5751)
Adv — AdvHAcmsa
a-gen': Advb. denoting repetition; in New Testament, generally for palin, "back," "once more." Occasionally, it has the force of a connective, synonymous with "moreover," as in Ro 15:10 ff; 1Co 3:20, etc. The expression "born again" of the King James Version, Joh 3:3,7; 1Pe 1:23, translating the Greek "anothen" and "ana" in composition, becomes in the Revised Version (British and American) "anew," i.e. "over again." As these particles mean "from above" and "up," their use as indicating repetition is sometimes disputed, but without further foundation than that "again" does not exhaust the meaning.
שׁוּר (shuwr) is a primitive root meaning to see or observe. It encompasses a range of actions from simply seeing and regarding to more active forms like spying or lying in wait. The entries suggest a dual focus on both positive observation and negative lurking. There is no significant disagreement among the lexicons regarding its meanings.
[שׁוּר] vb. behold, regard
behold
regard with watchful care
watch stealthily, lie in wait
ref
H7789 שׁוּר
7789 shuwr shoor
a primitive root (identical with 7788 through the idea of
going round for inspection); to spy out, i.e. (generally)
survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for:--behold,
lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
see HEBREW for 07788
שׁוּר (shur) — to see.
1) to see, behold, observe, regard
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to behold, observe
1a2) to regard
1a3) to watch, watch (stealthily), lie in wait
V-Qal-Imperf-3fs | Suff — Verb qal imperfect third person feminine singular · suffixHVqi3fs/Sp3ms
מָקוֹם (maqom) means 'place' and encompasses a variety of contexts, including a standing place, station, or post. It can refer to human abodes, localities, regions, and even figurative conditions of body or mind. The term is derived from a root meaning 'standing' and is used broadly in the Old Testament.
מָקוֹם, מָקֹם 399 n.m. standing-place, place
standing-place
station, where soldiers are placed
post, office
place where a thing belongs
esp.
place of human abode
of י׳’s abode
place
in gen. place, locality, spot
space, room
space, distance, between
region, quarter, direction
peculiar uses
base
H4725 מָקוֹם, מָקֹם standing-place, place . . standing-place
. station, where soldiers are placed
. post, office
. . place where a thing belongs
. esp. . place of human abode
. of י׳’s abode
. place
. in gen. place, locality, spot
. . space, room
. space, distance, between
. region, quarter, direction
. peculiar uses
4725 maqowm maw-kome'
or maqom {maw-kome'}; also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'};
or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e.
a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific);
also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or
mind):--country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X
whither(-soever).
see HEBREW for 06965
מָקוֹם (ma.qom) — place.
1) standing place, place
1a) standing place, station, post, office
1b) place, place of human abode
1c) city, land, region
1d) place, locality, spot
1e) space, room, distance
1f) region, quarter, direction
1g) give place to, instead of
N-ms | Suff — Noun common masculine singular construct · suffixHNcmsc/Sp3ms
