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when he made shineבְּהִלּוֹhis lampנֵרוֹoverעֲלֵיmy head,רֹאשִׁיand by his lightלְאוֹרוֹI walkedאֵלֶךְthrough darkness;חֹשֶׁךְ
Job 29:3
Study it in the app“when he made shine his lamp over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 29:3, word by word
- when he made shineהִלּhil
shine
To give off light, to shine, like a lamp or a star.
Where else “hil” appears- his lampנֵרner
lamp
Lamp: a vessel with oil and a wick; also light.
Where else “ner” appears- my headרֹאשִׁroshi
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshi” appears- and by his lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- I walkedאֵלֶךְelech
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “elech” appears- through darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears
The context
2“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when Eloah watched over me,
3 · This verse (above)
4as I was in the days of my autumn, when the intimate counsel of Eloah was over my tent,