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My daysיָמַיhave passed;עָבְרוּmy plansזִמֹּתַיare torn apart,נִתְּקוּthe possessionsמוֹרָשֵׁיof my heart.לְבָבִי
Job 17:11
Study it in the app“My days have passed; my plans are torn apart, the possessions of my heart.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 17:11, word by word
- My daysיָמַyama
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yama” appears- have passedעָבְרוּavru
pass over
To pass, be gone; "pass over" a wrong is to forgive it.
Where else “avru” appears- my plansזִמֹּתַzimota
scheme
A plot, or a design.
Where else “zimota” appears- are torn apartנִתְּקוּnitku
tear off, break
Tear off, break by pulling.
Where else “nitku” appears- the possessionsמוֹרָשֵׁיmorashe
possession, desire
A possession, what someone holds as his own; figuratively, what the heart desires.
Where else “morashe” appears- of my heartלְבָבִlevavi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levavi” appears
Translation note
“The possessions of my heart”: what his heart held as its own, his desires.
The context
10But all of you, come back and come, please, and I will not find a wise man among you.
11 · This verse (above)
12Night they turn into day: ‘Light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.