Job 2:8
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Berean Study Bible
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

Young's Literal Translation
And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.

King James Bible
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

Hebrew
And Job took
וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (way·yiq·qaḥ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

a piece of broken pottery
חֶ֔רֶשׂ (ḥe·reś)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2789: Earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd

to scrape himself
לְהִתְגָּרֵ֖ד (lə·hiṯ·gā·rêḏ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1623: To scrape, scratch

as he
וְה֖וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

sat
יֹשֵׁ֥ב (yō·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

among
בְּתוֹךְ־ (bə·ṯō·wḵ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

the ashes.
הָאֵֽפֶר׃ (hā·’ê·p̄er)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 665: Ashes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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