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ForכִּיI hoped forקִוִּיתִיgood,טוֹבand evilרָעcame;וַיָּבֹאand I waitedוַאֲיַחֲלָהfor light,לְאוֹרand gloomאֹפֶלcame.וַיָּבֹא
Job 30:26
Study it in the app“For I hoped for good, and evil came; and I waited for light, and gloom came.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 30:26, word by word
- I hoped forקִוִּיתִיkiviti
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “kiviti” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- and evilרָעra
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “ra” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- and I waitedאֲיַחֲלָהayachala
wait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “ayachala” appears- for lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- and gloomאֹפֶלofel
gloom, thick darkness
Gloom, thick darkness, like that of deep night. It is a different word from ordinary "darkness."
Where else “ofel” appears
The context
25Did not I weep for the one whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26 · This verse (above)
27My inward parts boil and are not silent; days of affliction have come to meet me.