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Yetאַךְdoes one notלֹאstretch outיִשְׁלַחa handיָדin pleading?בְעִיOr inאִם בְּhis misfortuneפִידוֹfor that reasonלָהֶןis there not a cry for help?שׁוּעַ
Job 30:24
Study it in the app“Yet does one not stretch out a hand in pleading? Or in his misfortune for that reason is there not a cry for help?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 30:24, word by word
- stretch outיִשְׁלַחyishlach
stretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “yishlach” appears- a handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- in pleadingעִיi
prayer, plea
A plea, an entreaty. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 30:24) and its sense is uncertain; others read "ruin."
Where else “i” appears- his misfortuneפִידfid
misfortune, ruin
Misfortune, ruin.
Where else “fid” appears- for that reasonלָהֶןlahen
therefore
Therefore, for that reason.
Where else “lahen” appears- is there not a cry for helpשׁוּעַshua
cry for help
A cry for help.
Where else “shua” appears
Translation note
Verse of very uncertain meaning in Hebrew.
The context
23For I know that to death you will bring me back, and to the house appointed for every living one.
24 · This verse (above)
25Did not I weep for the one whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?