40:13 Hide them in the dust 1 together,
imprison 2 them 3 in the grave. 4
41:14 Who can open the doors of its mouth? 5
Its teeth all around are fearsome.
1 tn The word “dust” can mean “ground” here, or more likely, “grave.”
2 tn The verb חָבַשׁ (khavash) means “to bind.” In Arabic the word means “to bind” in the sense of “to imprison,” and that fits here.
3 tn Heb “their faces.”
4 tn The word is “secret place,” the place where he is to hide them, i.e., the grave. The text uses the word “secret place” as a metonymy for the grave.
5 tn Heb “his face.”