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Are too smallהַמְעַטfor youמִמְּךָthe consolationsתַּנְחֻמוֹתof El,אֵלand a wordוְדָבָרspoken gentlyלָאַטwith you?עִמָּךְ
Job 15:11
Study it in the app“Are too small for you the consolations of El, and a word spoken gently with you?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 15:11, word by word
- Are too smallמְעַטmeat
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appears- the consolationsתַּנְחֻמוֹתtanchumot
consolation
Consolation, comfort. Almost always plural: "consolations."
Where else “tanchumot” appears- of Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- and a wordדָבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- spoken gentlyאַטat
gently
With slow, gentle steps, without hurrying or hurting.
Where else “at” appears
The context
10Both the gray-haired and the very aged are among us, older than your father in days.
11 · This verse (above)
12Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes blink,