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ForכִּיI have notלֹאvanishedנִצְמַתִּיbeforeמִפְּנֵיdarkness,חֹשֶׁךְthoughוּgloomאֹפֶלcoversכִּסָּהmy face.מִפָּנַי
Job 23:17
Study it in the app“For I have not vanished before darkness, though gloom covers my face.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 23:17, word by word
- vanishedנִצְמַתִּיnitsmati
destroy, silence
To make an end of someone, to annihilate, to silence forever.
Where else “nitsmati” appears- beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- gloomאֹפֶלofel
gloom, thick darkness
Gloom, thick darkness, like that of deep night. It is a different word from ordinary "darkness."
Where else “ofel” appears- coversכִּסָּהkisa
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “kisa” appears
Translation note
A verse of uncertain sense.
The context
16El has softened my heart, and Shaddai has troubled me.
17 · This verse (above)