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I choseאֶבֲחַרtheir wayדַּרְכָּםand satוְאֵשֵׁבas head,רֹאשׁand dweltוְאֶשְׁכּוֹןlike a kingכְּמֶלֶךְamong the troops,בַּגְּדוּדlike one whoכַּאֲשֶׁרcomfortsיְנַחֵםmourners.אֲבֵלִים
Job 29:25
Study it in the app“I chose their way and sat as head, and dwelt like a king among the troops, like one who comforts mourners.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 29:25, word by word
- I choseאֶבֲחַרevachar
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “evachar” appears- their wayדַּרְכָּdarka
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darka” appears- and satאֵשֵׁבeshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “eshev” appears- as headרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- and dweltאֶשְׁכּוֹןeshkon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “eshkon” appears- like a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- among the troopsגְּדוּדgedud
band, raiders
Band of raiders, troop that attacks by surprise.
Where else “gedud” appears- comfortsיְנַחֵםyenachem
comfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “yenachem” appears- mournersאֲבֵלִיםavelim
mourning
Mourning, grieving over a death.
Where else “avelim” appears
The context
24When I smiled on them, they did not believe it, and the light of my face they did not cast down.
25 · This verse (above)