Roots Below, Harvest Above: Reading Job 18:16 in Hebrew
מִ֭תַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל יִמַּ֥ל קְצִירֹֽו׃ (Job 18:16) From beneath his roots they dry up, and from above his harvest withers. “Don’t worry if it feels strange—each word you decode is another brick in your Hebrew foundation!” Word-by-Word Explanation מִתַּחַת — “from beneath.” The preposition מִן (“from”) joined to תַּחַת (“under, beneath”). שָׁרָשָׁיו — “his…