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Whyמַדּוּעַare timesעִתִּיםnotלֹאstored upנִצְפְּנוּby Shaddai,מִשַּׁדַּיand why do those who know himוְיֹדְעָיוnotלֹאseeחָזוּhis days?יָמָיו
Job 24:1
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With the Hebrew beneath
Job 24:1, word by word
- Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- are timesעִתִּיםitim
times
What a person lives through in his time.
Where else “itim” appears- stored upנִצְפְּנוּnitspnu
treasure up
To cherish and keep, like the word in the heart.
Where else “nitspnu” appears- by Shaddaiשַּׁדַּיshaday
Shaddai, Almighty
"Shaddai": an ancient name of God, above all in Genesis and Job. It is usually translated "Almighty"; the exact origin of the word is not certain.
Where else “shaday” appears- and why do those who know himיֹדְעָיyoday
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yoday” appears- seeחָזוּchazu
gaze
To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.
Where else “chazu” appears- his daysיָמָיyamay
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamay” appears
Translation note
“Times… his days”: it can be understood as moments set for judging.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2They move boundary markers; they seize a flock and pasture it.