I could make you firmאֲאַמִּצְכֶםwith my mouth,בְּמוֹ פִיand the movementוְנִידof my lipsשְׂפָתַיwould restrain your pain.יַחְשֹׂךְ
Job 16:5
Study it in the app“I could make you firm with my mouth, and the movement of my lips would restrain your pain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Job 16:5, word by word
- I could make you firmאֲאַמִּצְaamits
be bold
To be bold and steady: "take heart and be brave".
Where else “aamits” appears- with my mouthבְּמוֹbemo
in, with, by
A poetic particle meaning "in," "with," "by."
Where else “bemo” appears- with my mouthפִfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- and the movementנִידnid
moving, comfort
Movement; of the lips, moving them in speech. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 16:5).
Where else “nid” appears- of my lipsשְׂפָתַsefata
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefata” appears- would restrain your painיַחְשֹׂךְyachsoch
restrain
To curb something, like the tongue, or stop someone.
Where else “yachsoch” appears
The context
4I also could speak like you, if your soul were in place of my soul; I could string together words against you, and shake my head at you.
5 · This verse (above)
6If I speak, my pain is not restrained; and if I cease, what goes away from me?