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Turnפְּנוּto meאֵלַיand be appalled,וְהָשַׁמּוּand putוְשִׂימוּyour handיָדoverעַלyour mouth.פֶּה
Job 21:5
Study it in the app“Turn to me and be appalled, and put your hand over your mouth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 21:5, word by word
- Turnפְּנוּpenu
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “penu” appears- and be appalledהָשַׁמּוּhashamu
be appalled
To be struck with dread at the ruin.
Where else “hashamu” appears- and putשִׂימוּsimu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “simu” appears- your handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- your mouthפֶּהpe
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pe” appears
The context
4Is my complaint to a human being? And why should my spirit not grow impatient?
5 · This verse (above)
6When I remember, I am troubled, and trembling seizes my flesh.