4
And even ifוְאַףindeedאָמְנָםI have erred,שָׁגִיתִיmy errorמְשׁוּגָתִיspends the nightתָּלִיןwith me.אִתִּי
Job 19:4
Study it in the app“And even if indeed I have erred, my error spends the night with me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 19:4, word by word
- indeedאָמְנָםamnam
truly, surely
Truly, surely: a word that strongly affirms what is said.
Where else “amnam” appears- I have erredשָׁגִיתִיshagiti
go astray
To wander from the way or command, often unintentionally.
Where else “shagiti” appears- my errorמְשׁוּגָתִmeshugati
error
An error, a mistake. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 19:4).
Where else “meshugati” appears- spends the nightתָּלִיןtalin
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “talin” appears
Translation note
“My error spends the night with me”: it can be understood “it is my own affair; I am the one who carries it.”
The context
3These ten times you have put me to shame; you are not ashamed to mistreat me.
4 · This verse (above)
5If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and argue against me with my reproach,