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though he has compassionיַחְמֹלon itעָלֶיהָand does notוְלֹאlet it go,יַעַזְבֶנָּהand holds it backוְיִמְנָעֶנָּהin the middle ofבְּתוֹךְhis palate,חִכּוֹ
Job 20:13
Study it in the app“though he has compassion on it and does not let it go, and holds it back in the middle of his palate,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 20:13, word by word
- though he has compassionיַחְמֹלyachmol
have pity, spare
Feel pity, want to save someone; spare.
Where else “yachmol” appears- let it goיַעַזְבֶyaazve
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “yaazve” appears- and holds it backיִמְנָעֶyimnae
withhold
Withhold, refuse, hold back.
Where else “yimnae” appears- in the middle ofתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- his palateחִכּchik
palate, mouth
The palate, the inside of the mouth; the mouth as the organ of taste and of speech.
Where else “chik” appears
Translation note
“Has compassion on it”: he does not want to let it go, like someone who takes care of something he likes.
The context
12Though evil is sweet in his mouth, and he hides it under his tongue,
13 · This verse (above)
14his bread in his bowels is turned; the gall of vipers it is within him.