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ForכִּיnowעַתָּהI would have lain downשָׁכַבְתִּיand been calm;וְאֶשְׁקוֹטI would have slept;יָשַׁנְתִּיthenאָזI would have restיָנוּחַ לִי
Job 3:13
Study it in the app“For now I would have lain down and been calm; I would have slept; then I would have rest”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 3:13, word by word
- I would have lain downשָׁכַבְתִּיshachavti
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “shachavti” appears- and been calmאֶשְׁקוֹטeshkot
be at rest, be quiet
Be at rest, be quiet, without war or alarm.
Where else “eshkot” appears- I would have sleptיָשַׁנְתִּיyashanti
sleep
To fall asleep, or sleep the sleep of death.
Where else “yashanti” appears- I would have restיָנוּחַyanuach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “yanuach” appears
The context
12Why did knees receive me, and why breasts, that I should nurse?
13 · This verse (above)
14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves,