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Are notהֲלֹאmy daysיָמַיfew?מְעַטSo cease,וַחֲדָלand turn awayוְשִׁיתfrom me,מִמֶּנִּיthat I may brighten upוְאַבְלִיגָהa little,מְּעָט
Job 10:20
Study it in the app“Are not my days few? So cease, and turn away from me, that I may brighten up a little,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 10:20, word by word
- my daysיָמַyama
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yama” appears- fewמְעַטmeat
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appears- So ceaseחֲדָלchadal
cease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “chadal” appears- and turn awayשִׁיתshit
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “shit” appears- that I may brighten upאַבְלִיגָהavliga
brighten
Recover a cheerful face.
Where else “avliga” appears
The context
19I would be as though I had not been; from the belly to the grave I would have been carried.
20 · This verse (above)
21before I go, and do not return, to the land of darkness and shadow of death,