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“How longעַד אָנָהwill you setתְּשִׂימוּןhindrancesקִנְצֵיto words?לְמִלִּיןUnderstand,תָּבִינוּand afterwardוְאַחַרwe will speak.נְדַבֵּר
Job 18:2
Study it in the app““How long will you set hindrances to words? Understand, and afterward we will speak.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 18:2, word by word
- “How longאָנָהana
where to?
Where? To where?; "how long?"
Where else “ana” appears- will you setתְּשִׂימוּtesimu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “tesimu” appears- hindrancesקִנְצֵיkintse
snare, end
A word that appears only once in the Bible (Job 18:2), of uncertain sense: a snare or curb set on words; others understand it as "end."
Where else “kintse” appears- to wordsמִלִּיןmilin
word, speech
A word, a saying; what someone says. It is a poetic word, used very often in the book of Job.
Where else “milin” appears- Understandתָּבִינוּtavinu
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “tavinu” appears- we will speakנְדַבֵּרnedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “nedaber” appears
Translation note
“Hindrances”: a word that appears only here; others understand it as “end”: “how long will you not put an end to words?”
The context
1And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 · This verse (above)
3Why are we regarded as beasts, and are we vile in your eyes?