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But nowוְעַתָּהI have becomeהָיִיתִיtheir song,נְגִינָתָםand I amוָאֱהִיto themלָהֶםa byword.לְמִלָּה
Job 30:9
Study it in the app“But now I have become their song, and I am to them a byword.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 30:9, word by word
- I have becomeהָיִיתִיhayiti
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayiti” appears- their songנְגִינָתָneginata
song
Something sung, sometimes in mockery.
Where else “neginata” appears- a bywordמִלָּהmila
word, speech
A word, a saying; what someone says. It is a poetic word, used very often in the book of Job.
Where else “mila” appears
The context
8Sons of a fool, sons also without a name, they were beaten out of the land.
9 · This verse (above)
10They abhor me, they keep far from me, and from my face they do not hold back spit.