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and my heartלִבִּיwas enticedוַיִּפְתְּin secret,בַּסֵּתֶרand my handיָדִיhas kissedוַתִּשַּׁקat my mouth,לְפִי
Job 31:27
Study it in the app“and my heart was enticed in secret, and my hand has kissed at my mouth,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:27, word by word
- and my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- was enticedיִּפְתְּyift
entice
To win someone over by trickery.
Where else “yift” appears- in secretסֵּתֶרseter
secret
What is kept hidden, out of the sight of others.
Where else “seter” appears- and my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- has kissedתִּשַּׁקtishak
kiss
To kiss someone on the mouth or cheek, to greet, to say farewell or to show affection.
Where else “tishak” appears- at my mouthפִfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears
Translation note
“My hand has kissed at my mouth”: a gesture of worship, like blowing a kiss with the hand.
The context
26if I looked at the light when it shone, and the moon moving in splendor,
27 · This verse (above)
28this too would be an iniquity for the judges, for I would have denied El above.