8. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Job 2:8:1 ⧉וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֣וֹvayikkhakhloand he took for himself Job 2:8:2 ⧉חֶ֔רֶשׂkheresa potsherd Job 2:8:3 ⧉לְהִתְגָּרֵ֖דlehitgaredto scrape Job 2:8:4 ⧉בּ֑וֹbowith it Job 2:8:5 ⧉וְה֖וּאvehuand he Job 2:8:6 ⧉יֹשֵׁ֥בyoshevwas sitting Job 2:8:7 ⧉בְּתוֹךְ־הָאֵֽפֶר׃betokhhaeferin the midst of the ashes |
8. Formal Translation And he took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he was sitting in the midst of the ashes. |
8. Dynamic Translation He picked up a shard of broken pottery and used it to scratch himself, as he sat among the ashes. |