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becauseכִּיI rescuedאֲמַלֵּטthe poorעָנִיcrying for help,מְשַׁוֵּעַand the orphan,וְיָתוֹםand the one who had noוְלֹאhelper.עֹזֵר לוֹ
Job 29:12
Study it in the app“because I rescued the poor crying for help, and the orphan, and the one who had no helper.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 29:12, word by word
- I rescuedאֲמַלֵּטamalet
rescue
To bring another out of danger and set him safe.
Where else “amalet” appears- the poorעָנִיani
poor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “ani” appears- crying for helpמְשַׁוֵּעַmeshavea
cry for help
To cry out for help, to call aloud to be rescued.
Where else “meshavea” appears- and the orphanיָתוֹםyatom
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appears- helperעֹזֵרozer
helper
A person who comes to another's side to help him in what he needs.
Where else “ozer” appears
The context
11For the ear heard and called me happy, and the eye saw and bore witness to me,
12 · This verse (above)
13The blessing of the one perishing came upon me, and the heart of the widow I made shout for joy.