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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 roots.” From שֹׁרֶשׁ (“root”) with plural + possessive suffix -ָיו (“his”).
יִבָשׁוּ — “they dry up.” Imperfect 3rd masculine plural from the root meaning “to dry/wither,” with שָׁרָשָׁיו (“his roots”) as the subject.… Learn Hebrew