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They waitedוְיִחֲלוּfor meלִיas for the rain,כַמָּטָרand openedוּ פָּעֲרוּtheir mouthפִיהֶםas for the late rain.לְמַלְקוֹשׁ
Job 29:23
Study it in the app“They waited for me as for the rain, and opened their mouth as for the late rain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 29:23, word by word
- They waitedיִחֲלוּyichalu
wait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “yichalu” appears- as for the rainמָּטָרmatar
rain
Rain.
Where else “matar” appears- and openedפָּעֲרוּpaaru
open wide
To open the mouth wide.
Where else “paaru” appears- their mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- as for the late rainמַלְקוֹשׁmalkosh
late rain
Late rain: the spring rain that ripens the grain.
Where else “malkosh” appears
The context
22After my word they did not reply, and upon them dropped my speech.
23 · This verse (above)
24When I smiled on them, they did not believe it, and the light of my face they did not cast down.