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Lay down my pledge,שִׂימָהplease;נָּאbe surety for meעָרְבֵנִיwith yourself.עִמָּךְWhoמִיis heהוּאthat will strike handsיִתָּקֵעַwith me?לְיָדִי
Job 17:3
Study it in the app“Lay down my pledge, please; be surety for me with yourself. Who is he that will strike hands with me?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 17:3, word by word
- Lay down my pledgeשִׂימָsima
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sima” appears- be surety for meעָרְבֵarve
be surety
To guarantee another's debt.
Where else “arve” appears- that will strike handsיִתָּקֵעַyitakea
clap
To shake hands to seal a deal.
Where else “yitakea” appears- with meיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears
Translation note
“Strike hands”: a gesture by which someone bound himself as surety for another.
The context
2Surely there are mockeries with me, and on their provocations my eye spends the night.
3 · This verse (above)
4For you have hidden their heart from prudence; therefore you will not exalt them.