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“Evenגַּםtodayהַיּוֹםmy complaintשִׂחִיis rebellion;מְרִיmy handיָדִיis heavyכָּבְדָהonעַלmy sighing.אַנְחָתִי
Job 23:2
Study it in the app““Even today my complaint is rebellion; my hand is heavy on my sighing.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 23:2, word by word
- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- my complaintשִׂחִsichi
complaint
What one says in pouring out grief.
Where else “sichi” appears- is rebellionמְרִיmeri
rebellion
Rebellion. "Sons of rebellion" are rebels.
Where else “meri” appears- my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- is heavyכָּבְדָהkavda
be heavy
To weigh much, like a burden.
Where else “kavda” appears- my sighingאַנְחָתִanchati
sighing, groaning
A sigh, a groan: the moan of one who suffers or is weary.
Where else “anchati” appears
Translation note
“Rebellion”: so the Hebrew says; with other vowels it reads “bitter.” “My hand”: so the Hebrew says; the sense may be “the hand that weighs on me.”
The context
1And Job answered and said:
2 · This verse (above)
3If only I knew how to find him; I would come to his seat.