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princesשָׂרִיםheld backעָצְרוּwordsבְמִלִּיםand laidוְ יָשִׂימוּa handכַףon their mouth;לְפִיהֶם
Job 29:9
Study it in the app“princes held back words and laid a hand on their mouth;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 29:9, word by word
- princesשָׂרִיםsarim
nobleman
Someone of high rank by family or office: a noble, a great lord.
Where else “sarim” appears- held backעָצְרוּatsru
restrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “atsru” appears- wordsמִלִּיםmilim
word, speech
A word, a saying; what someone says. It is a poetic word, used very often in the book of Job.
Where else “milim” appears- and laidיָשִׂימוּyasimu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasimu” appears- a handכַףchaf
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chaf” appears- on their mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears
The context
8the young men saw me and hid, and the very old rose and stood;
9 · This verse (above)
10the voice of the leaders was hidden, and their tongue to their palate stuck.