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IfאִםI withheldאֶמְנַעthe poorדַּלִּיםfrom their desire,מֵחֵפֶץor wore outוְ אֲכַלֶּהthe eyesעֵינֵיof the widow,אַלְמָנָה
Job 31:16
Study it in the app“If I withheld the poor from their desire, or wore out the eyes of the widow,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:16, word by word
- I withheldאֶמְנַעemna
withhold
Withhold, refuse, hold back.
Where else “emna” appears- the poorדַּלִּיםdalim
poor, weak
Poor, weak: one who has little and little strength to defend himself.
Where else “dalim” appears- from their desireחֵפֶץchefets
desire
What one wants, or what God intends.
Where else “chefets” appears- or wore outאֲכַלֶּהachale
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “achale” appears- the eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- of the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears
The context
15Did not the one who made me in the womb make him? And did not one form us in the womb?
16 · This verse (above)
17or ate my morsel alone, and the orphan did not eat from it