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whomאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיwill seeאֶחֱזֶהfor myself,לִּיand my eyesוְעֵינַיwill look on him,רָאוּand notוְלֹאa stranger.זָרMy kidneysכִלְיֹתַיare consumedכָּלוּwithin my bosom.בְּחֵקִי
Job 19:27
Study it in the app“whom I will see for myself, and my eyes will look on him, and not a stranger. My kidneys are consumed within my bosom.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 19:27, word by word
- will seeאֶחֱזֶהecheze
gaze
To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.
Where else “echeze” appears- and my eyesעֵינַena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- will look on himרָאוּrau
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears- a strangerזָרzar
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zar” appears- My kidneysכִלְיֹתַchilyota
inmost self
A person's innermost self, their feelings.
Where else “chilyota” appears- are consumedכָּלוּkalu
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “kalu” appears- within my bosomחֵקִcheki
bosom
The chest and arms, where one holds someone close.
Where else “cheki” appears
Translation note
“My kidneys are consumed within my bosom”: in Hebrew the kidneys are the seat of the deepest feelings; it can be understood that he faints with longing.
The context
26And after this my skin has been destroyed, from my flesh I will see Eloah;
27 · This verse (above)
28If you say, ‘How shall we pursue him?’ and that the root of the matter is found in me,