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And I said,וָאֹמַר‘Withעִםmy nestקִנִּיI will expire,אֶגְוָעand like the sandוְכַחוֹלI will multiplyאַרְבֶּהmy days.יָמִים
Job 29:18
Study it in the app“And I said, ‘With my nest I will expire, and like the sand I will multiply my days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 29:18, word by word
- And I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- my nestקִנִּkini
nest
The place where a bird lays its eggs and raises its young.
Where else “kini” appears- I will expireאֶגְוָעegva
breathe one's last
Breathe one's last, expire, die.
Where else “egva” appears- and like the sandחוֹלchol
sand
Sand.
Where else “chol” appears- I will multiplyאַרְבֶּהarbe
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “arbe” appears- my daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
17And I broke the fangs of the unjust, and from his teeth I threw down the prey.
18 · This verse (above)
19My root is open to the waters, and the dew lodges all night on my branches.