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IfאִםI rejoicedאֶשְׂמַחat the misfortuneבְּפִידof the one who hated me,מְשַׂנְאִיor exultedוְהִתְעֹרַרְתִּיwhenכִּיevilרָעfound himמְצָאוֹ
Job 31:29
Study it in the app“If I rejoiced at the misfortune of the one who hated me, or exulted when evil found him”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:29, word by word
- I rejoicedאֶשְׂמַחesmach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “esmach” appears- at the misfortuneפִידfid
misfortune, ruin
Misfortune, ruin.
Where else “fid” appears- of the one who hated meמְשַׂנְאִmesani
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “mesani” appears- or exultedהִתְעֹרַרְתִּיhitorarti
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “hitorarti” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- found himמְצָאmetsa
meet
To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.
Where else “metsa” appears
The context
28this too would be an iniquity for the judges, for I would have denied El above.
29 · This verse (above)
30—and I did not let my palate sin by asking for his life with an imprecation—