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AndוַJobאִיּוֹבagainיֹּסֶףtook upשְׂאֵתhis poemמְשָׁלוֹand said:וַיֹּאמַר
Job 27:1
Study it in the app“And Job again took up his poem and said:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 27:1, word by word
- Jobאִיּוֹבiyov
Job
Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.
Where else “iyov” appears- againיֹּסֶףyosef
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosef” appears- took upשְׂאֵתseet
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “seet” appears- his poemמְשָׁלmeshal
poem
A solemn message spoken as a poem, like Balaam's.
Where else “meshal” appears- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears
Translation note
“His poem”: in Hebrew, mashal: a solemn discourse in verse; the same word means “proverb.”
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2“As El lives, who has taken away my right, and Shaddai, who has embittered my soul,