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Afterאַחֲרֵיmy wordדְבָרִיthey did notלֹאreply,יִשְׁנוּand upon themוְעָלֵימוֹdroppedתִּטֹּףmy speech.מִלָּתִי
Job 29:22
Study it in the app“After my word they did not reply, and upon them dropped my speech.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 29:22, word by word
- my wordדְבָרִdevari
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devari” appears- replyיִשְׁנוּyishnu
repeat
To do or say something again, a second time.
Where else “yishnu” appears- droppedתִּטֹּףtitof
drip
To let fall drop by drop, like rain or honey.
Where else “titof” appears- my speechמִלָּתִmilati
word, speech
A word, a saying; what someone says. It is a poetic word, used very often in the book of Job.
Where else “milati” appears
The context
21To me they listened and waited, and kept silent for my counsel.
22 · This verse (above)
23They waited for me as for the rain, and opened their mouth as for the late rain.