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Whyעַל מָהshould I takeאֶשָּׂאmy fleshבְשָׂרִיin my teethבְשִׁנָּיand putוְ אָשִׂיםmy lifeנַפְשִׁיin my palm?בְּכַפִּי
Job 13:14
Study it in the app“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my palm?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 13:14, word by word
- should I takeאֶשָּׂאesa
take
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “esa” appears- my fleshבְשָׂרִvesari
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vesari” appears- in my teethשִׁנָּshina
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shina” appears- and putאָשִׂיםasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “asim” appears- my lifeנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- in my palmכַפִּchapi
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chapi” appears
Translation note
Two ways of saying “to risk one’s life.”
The context
13Be silent before me, and I will speak, and let whatever may pass over me.
14 · This verse (above)
15Look, though he slays me, for him I will wait; yet my ways to his face I will argue.