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“Oh that I wereמִי יִתְּנֵנִיas in the monthsכְיַרְחֵיof old,קֶדֶםas in the daysכִּימֵיwhen Eloahאֱלוֹהַּwatched over me,יִשְׁמְרֵנִי
Job 29:2
Study it in the app““Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when Eloah watched over me,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 29:2, word by word
- “Oh that I wereיִתְּנֵyitne
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitne” appears- as in the monthsיַרְחֵיyarche
month
Each of the twelve parts of the year, from new moon to new moon.
Where else “yarche” appears- of oldקֶדֶםkedem
of old
Times long ago, from far back.
Where else “kedem” appears- as in the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- when Eloahאֱלוֹהַּeloha
Eloah, god
Eloah: a name of God, the singular form of Elohim; also any god. It is used mostly in poetry.
Where else “eloha” appears- watched over meיִשְׁמְרֵyishmre
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “yishmre” appears
The context
1Job again took up his poem and said:
2 · This verse (above)
3when he made shine his lamp over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;