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If only,מִי יִתֵּןthen,אֵפוֹmy wordsמִלָּיwere written down;וְיִכָּתְבוּןif onlyמִי יִתֵּןthey were inscribedוְיֻחָקוּin a book;בַּסֵּפֶר
Job 19:23
Study it in the app“If only, then, my words were written down; if only they were inscribed in a book;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 19:23, word by word
- If onlyיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- thenאֵפוֹefo
then
Then; so, now.
Where else “efo” appears- my wordsמִלָּmila
word, speech
A word, a saying; what someone says. It is a poetic word, used very often in the book of Job.
Where else “mila” appears- were written downיִכָּתְבוּyikatvu
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yikatvu” appears- they were inscribedיֻחָקוּyuchaku
engrave
To mark letters or figures on a hard surface so that they remain.
Where else “yuchaku” appears- in a bookסֵּפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears
The context
22Why do you pursue me like El, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 · This verse (above)
24that with a stylus of iron and lead forever in the rock they were carved.