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—and I did notוְלֹאletנָתַתִּיmy palateחִכִּיsinלַחֲטֹאby asking forלִשְׁאֹלhis lifeנַפְשׁוֹwith an imprecation—בְּאָלָה
Job 31:30
Study it in the app“—and I did not let my palate sin by asking for his life with an imprecation—”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:30, word by word
- letנָתַתִּיnatati
let
To let something happen.
Where else “natati” appears- my palateחִכִּchiki
palate, mouth
The palate, the inside of the mouth; the mouth as the organ of taste and of speech.
Where else “chiki” appears- sinחֲטֹאchato
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chato” appears- by asking forשְׁאֹלsheol
ask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “sheol” appears- his lifeנַפְשׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears- with an imprecation—אָלָהala
curse
Words of cursing.
Where else “ala” appears
The context
29If I rejoiced at the misfortune of the one who hated me, or exulted when evil found him
30 · This verse (above)
31if the men of my tent did not say, ‘Who can find one not filled with his meat?’