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Orאוֹlike a stillborn childכְנֵפֶלhiddenטָמוּןI would notלֹאbe,אֶהְיֶהlike infantsכְּעֹלְלִיםwho did notלֹאseeרָאוּlight.אוֹר
Job 3:16
Study it in the app“Or like a stillborn child hidden I would not be, like infants who did not see light.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 3:16, word by word
- like a stillborn childנֵפֶלnefel
stillborn child
A stillborn child: a child born before its time and without life.
Where else “nefel” appears- hiddenטָמוּןtamun
hide, bury
Hide by burying in the ground.
Where else “tamun” appears- beאֶהְיֶהehye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “ehye” appears- like infantsעֹלְלִיםollim
young child
A small child, an infant. Said of young children, often together with "the nursing child."
Where else “ollim” appears- seeרָאוּrau
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears- lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears
The context
15or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
16 · This verse (above)
17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary in strength rest.