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let my wifeאִשְׁתִּיgrindתִּטְחַןfor another,לְאַחֵרand let othersוְ אֲחֵרִיןbow downיִכְרְעוּןover her.עָלֶיהָ
Job 31:10
Study it in the app“let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down over her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:10, word by word
- let my wifeאִשְׁתִּishti
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “ishti” appears- grindתִּטְחַןtitchan
grind
Grind.
Where else “titchan” appears- for anotherאַחֵרacher
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appears- bow downיִכְרְעוּyichru
crouch
To bend the body or knees toward the ground, in prayer or before someone.
Where else “yichru” appears
Translation note
“Grind for another”: let her be another man’s slave; grinding the grain was the work of slave women.
The context
9If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and at the door of my neighbor I have lain in wait,
10 · This verse (above)
11For that would be infamy, and that would be an iniquity for the judges;