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Whyמַהdoes your heartלִבֶּךָcarry you away,יִּקָּחֲךָand whyוּמַהdo your eyesעֵינֶיךָblink,יִּרְזְמוּן
Job 15:12
Study it in the app“Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes blink,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 15:12, word by word
- does your heartלִבֶּlibe
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libe” appears- carry you awayיִּקָּחֲyikaach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikaach” appears- do your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- blinkיִּרְזְמוּyirzmu
flash, wink
To blink or wink the eyes; perhaps to flash with anger. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 15:12).
Where else “yirzmu” appears
The context
11Are too small for you the consolations of El, and a word spoken gently with you?
12 · This verse (above)
13that you turn your spirit against El, and bring out words from your mouth?