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Whyמַדּוּעַdid kneesבִרְכָּיִםreceive me,קִדְּמוּנִיand whyוּמַהbreasts,שָּׁדַיִםthatכִּיI should nurse?אִינָק
Job 3:12
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With the Hebrew beneath
Job 3:12, word by word
- Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- did kneesבִרְכָּיִםvirkayim
knee
Knee.
Where else “virkayim” appears- receive meקִדְּמוּkidmu
meet
To go toward someone who is coming: to help him or to confront him.
Where else “kidmu” appears- breastsשָּׁדַיִםshadayim
breasts
Breasts (of a nursing mother).
Where else “shadayim” appears- I should nurseאִינָקinak
suck
For a baby to take milk from his mother's breast.
Where else “inak” appears
The context
11Why did I not die from the womb, come out from the belly and expire?
12 · This verse (above)
13For now I would have lain down and been calm; I would have slept; then I would have rest