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And nowוְעַתָּהwithin meעָלַיmy soulנַפְשִׁיis poured out;תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְdaysיְמֵיof afflictionעֹנִיseize me.יֹאחֲזוּנִי
Job 30:16
Study it in the app“And now within me my soul is poured out; days of affliction seize me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 30:16, word by word
- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- is poured outתִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְtishtapech
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “tishtapech” appears- daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of afflictionעֹנִיoni
affliction
Affliction, suffering, misery.
Where else “oni” appears- seize meיֹאחֲזוּyochazu
seize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “yochazu” appears
The context
15Terrors are turned upon me; they pursue like the wind my nobility, and like a cloud my salvation has passed away.
16 · This verse (above)
17By night my bones are pierced in me, and those gnawing me do not lie down.