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If onlyמִי יִתֵּןI knewיָדַעְתִּיhow to find him;וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּI would comeאָבוֹאtoעַדhis seat.תְּכוּנָתוֹ
Job 23:3
Study it in the app“If only I knew how to find him; I would come to his seat.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 23:3, word by word
- If onlyיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- I knewיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- how to find himאֶמְצָאֵemtsae
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “emtsae” appears- I would comeאָבוֹאavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “avo” appears- his seatתְּכוּנָתtechunat
fixed place, arrangement
A fixed place, a seat; also the ordered arrangement of something.
Where else “techunat” appears
The context
2“Even today my complaint is rebellion; my hand is heavy on my sighing.
3 · This verse (above)
4I would lay out my case before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.