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ifאִםI coveredכִּסִּיתִיlike Adamכְאָדָםmy transgressionsפְּשָׁעָיby hidingלִטְמוֹןin my bosomבְּחֻבִּיmy iniquity,עֲוֺנִי
Job 31:33
Study it in the app“if I covered like Adam my transgressions by hiding in my bosom my iniquity,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:33, word by word
- I coveredכִּסִּיתִיkisiti
conceal
To keep something secret, or forgive a wrong.
Where else “kisiti” appears- like Adamאָדָםadam
Adam
Adam, the personal name of the first man. It is the same Hebrew word "adam" (human being), used as a name. Also a town by the Jordan.
Where else “adam” appears- my transgressionsפְּשָׁעָpeshaa
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “peshaa” appears- by hidingטְמוֹןtemon
hide, bury
Hide by burying in the ground.
Where else “temon” appears- in my bosomחֻבִּchubi
bosom
The bosom, the breast: the place where something is kept hidden. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 31:33).
Where else “chubi” appears- my iniquityעֲוֺנִavoni
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avoni” appears
Translation note
“Like Adam”: the Hebrew word is also “human being”; it can be understood “as people do.” On Adam, see Genesis 3:8-12.
The context
32—in the street the resident alien did not lodge; my doors to the traveler I opened—
33 · This verse (above)
34because I dreaded the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and did not go out of the door…