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the young menנְעָרִיםsaw meרָאוּנִיand hid,וְנֶחְבָּאוּand the very oldוִישִׁישִׁיםroseקָמוּand stood;עָמָדוּ
Job 29:8
Study it in the app“the young men saw me and hid, and the very old rose and stood;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 29:8, word by word
- the young menנְעָרִיםnearim
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “nearim” appears- saw meרָאוּrau
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears- and hidנֶחְבָּאוּnechbau
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “nechbau” appears- and the very oldישִׁישִׁיםyshishim
aged, old man
An old man, a person of great age.
Where else “yshishim” appears- roseקָמוּkamu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kamu” appears- and stoodעָמָדוּamadu
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amadu” appears
The context
7When I went out to the gate by the city, and in the square I set up my seat,
8 · This verse (above)
9princes held back words and laid a hand on their mouth;