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To meלִיthey listenedשָׁמְעוּand waited,וְיִחֵלּוּand kept silentוְיִדְּמוּforלְמוֹmy counsel.עֲצָתִי
Job 29:21
Study it in the app“To me they listened and waited, and kept silent for my counsel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 29:21, word by word
- they listenedשָׁמְעוּshamu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamu” appears- and waitedיִחֵלּוּyichelu
wait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “yichelu” appears- and kept silentיִדְּמוּyidmu
be silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “yidmu” appears- forלְמוֹlemo
to, for
A poetic form of the preposition "to," "for."
Where else “lemo” appears- my counselעֲצָתִatsati
counsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “atsati” appears
The context
20My honor is new with me, and my bow in my hand is renewed.’
21 · This verse (above)
22After my word they did not reply, and upon them dropped my speech.