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My breathרוּחִיis strangeזָרָהto my wife,לְאִשְׁתִּיand I pleadוְחַנֹּתִיwith the sonsלִבְנֵיof my belly.בִטְנִי
Job 19:17
Study it in the app“My breath is strange to my wife, and I plead with the sons of my belly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 19:17, word by word
- My breathרוּחִruchi
breath
Literally "wind": the air that leaves the lungs.
Where else “ruchi” appears- is strangeזָרָהzara
become estranged
To become a stranger to someone.
Where else “zara” appears- to my wifeאִשְׁתִּishti
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “ishti” appears- and I pleadחַנֹּתִיchanoti
plead
To beg someone for mercy.
Where else “chanoti” appears- with the sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- of my bellyבִטְנִvitni
belly
The belly; also one's innermost part.
Where else “vitni” appears
Translation note
“I plead”: so the lexicon; others understand “I am loathsome.” “The sons of my belly”: probably his brothers, born from the same belly as he (as “my belly” in 3:10).
The context
16I call to my slave, and he does not answer; with my mouth I plead with him.
17 · This verse (above)
18Even little ones despise me; I rise, and they speak against me.