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Who would grantמִי יִתֵּןthat you would be completely silent,הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישׁוּןand it would beוּתְהִיwisdomלְחָכְמָהfor you.לָכֶם
Job 13:5
Study it in the app“Who would grant that you would be completely silent, and it would be wisdom for you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 13:5, word by word
- Who would grantיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- that you would be completely silentהַחֲרֵשׁhacharesh
be silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “hacharesh” appears- and it would beתְהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears
The context
4But you are those who plaster over with lies; physicians of no worth are all of you.
5 · This verse (above)
6Hear, please, my argument, and to the contentions of my lips pay attention.