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Did notאִם לֹאI weepבָכִיתִיfor the one whose day was hard?לִקְשֵׁה יוֹםWas not my soulנַפְשִׁיgrievedעָגְמָהfor the needy?לָאֶבְיוֹן
Job 30:25
Study it in the app“Did not I weep for the one whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 30:25, word by word
- I weepבָכִיתִיvachiti
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “vachiti” appears- for the one whose day was hardקְשֵׁהkeshe
hard
Which is very costly to bear, do or solve.
Where else “keshe” appears- for the one whose day was hardיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- Was not my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- grievedעָגְמָהagma
grieve
To grieve, to feel sorrow for someone. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 30:25).
Where else “agma” appears- for the needyאֶבְיוֹןevyon
needy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyon” appears
The context
24Yet does one not stretch out a hand in pleading? Or in his misfortune for that reason is there not a cry for help?
25 · This verse (above)
26For I hoped for good, and evil came; and I waited for light, and gloom came.