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And my eyeוַ עֵינִיhas grown dimתֵּכַהּfrom vexation,מִכַּעַשׂand my limbsוִיצֻרַיare like a shadow,כַּצֵּלall of them.כֻּלָּם
Job 17:7
Study it in the app“And my eye has grown dim from vexation, and my limbs are like a shadow, all of them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 17:7, word by word
- And my eyeעֵינִeni
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “eni” appears- has grown dimתֵּכַהּtechah
grow dim
To fade: sight, courage or a flame.
Where else “techah” appears- from vexationכַּעַשׂkaas
grief
Bitter pain one carries inside.
Where else “kaas” appears- and my limbsיצֻרַytsura
members, limbs
The members of the body, what gives it its form. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 17:7).
Where else “ytsura” appears- are like a shadowצֵּלtsel
shadow
A shadow: the dark shape something leaves when it blocks the light, and which soon passes.
Where else “tsel” appears
The context
6And he has made me a byword of peoples, and spitting in the face I am.
7 · This verse (above)
8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent rouses himself against the godless.