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look awayשְׁעֵהfrom himמֵעָלָיוthat he may cease,וְיֶחְדָּלuntilעַדhe takes pleasure,יִרְצֶהlike a hired worker,כְּשָׂכִירin his day.יוֹמוֹ
Job 14:6
Study it in the app“look away from him that he may cease, until he takes pleasure, like a hired worker, in his day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 14:6, word by word
- look awayשְׁעֵהshee
look away
To turn one's eyes from someone.
Where else “shee” appears- that he may ceaseיֶחְדָּלyechdal
cease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “yechdal” appears- he takes pleasureיִרְצֶהyirtse
take pleasure
To look on someone with pleasure.
Where else “yirtse” appears- like a hired workerשָׂכִירsachir
hired worker
Hired worker: a laborer paid by the day or by the year.
Where else “sachir” appears- in his dayיוֹמyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
Translation note
“That he may cease”: that he may have rest. “Takes pleasure in his day”: as the hired worker is glad when he finishes his day’s work.
The context
5If his days are determined, the number of his months is with you; his limits you have made, and he will not pass them.
6 · This verse (above)
7For there is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, it will renew itself again, and its shoots will not cease.