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“I have heardשָׁמַעְתִּיmany thingsרַבּוֹתlike these;כְאֵלֶּהcomfortersמְנַחֲמֵיof sufferingעָמָלare you all.כֻּלְּכֶם
Job 16:2
Study it in the app““I have heard many things like these; comforters of suffering are you all.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 16:2, word by word
- “I have heardשָׁמַעְתִּיshamati
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamati” appears- many thingsרַבּוֹתrabot
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabot” appears- comfortersמְנַחֲמֵיmenachame
comfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “menachame” appears- of sufferingעָמָלamal
suffering
Pain one goes through, or harm done to others.
Where else “amal” appears
Translation note
“Comforters of suffering”: comforters who, instead of bringing relief, make one suffer.
The context
1And Job answered and said:
2 · This verse (above)
3Will there be an end to words of wind? Or what provokes you that you answer?