Job 17:1

“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished; the graves are for me.”

Job 17:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 17:1, word by word

My spiritרוּחִruchi

spirit

What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.

Where else “ruchi” appears
is brokenחֻבָּלָהchubala

ruin

To do harm or ruin something; also to act very wickedly.

Where else “chubala” appears
my daysיָמַyama

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yama” appears
are extinguishedנִזְעָכוּnizachu

be extinguished

To be extinguished, to go out. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 17:1).

Where else “nizachu” appears
the gravesקְבָרִיםkevarim

tomb

Tomb, grave.

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The context

1 · This verse (above)

2Surely there are mockeries with me, and on their provocations my eye spends the night.

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