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וְאִ֣ישׁ זְ֭רֹועַ לֹ֣ו הָאָ֑רֶץ וּנְשׂ֥וּא פָ֝נִ֗ים יֵ֣שֶׁב בָּֽהּ׃ Opening the Frame Job 22:8 is part of Eliphaz’s sweeping accusation against Job, painting a world where the strong dominate and the elite are rewarded. But behind the simplicity of the Hebrew lies a puzzle of syntax and meaning. The verse lacks a finite verb in its first clause and presents two ambiguous noun phrases whose relationship is left unsaid. This is a textbook case of ellipsis and syntactic inversion — where Hebrew places phrases in unexpected order and leaves verbs implied, demanding the reader infer the subject, the action, and the moral tone.… Learn Hebrew