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Ifאִםmy stepאַשֻּׁרִיhas turned asideתִּטֶּהfrom the way,מִנִּי הַדָּרֶךְand my heartלִבִּיhas goneהָלַךְafterוְאַחַרmy eyes,עֵינַיand a stainוּ מֻאוּםhas stuckדָּבַקto my palms,בְכַפַּי
Job 31:7
Study it in the app“If my step has turned aside from the way, and my heart has gone after my eyes, and a stain has stuck to my palms,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:7, word by word
- my stepאַשֻּׁרִashuri
step
A step, a footstep.
Where else “ashuri” appears- has turned asideתִּטֶּהtite
turn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “tite” appears- from the wayדָּרֶךְdarech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appears- and my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- has goneהָלַךְhalach
follow
"Go after" someone, follow them.
Where else “halach” appears- my eyesעֵינַena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- and a stainמֻאוּםmuum
stain
A moral fault, a stain on one's character.
Where else “muum” appears- has stuckדָּבַקdavak
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “davak” appears- to my palmsכַפַּchapa
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chapa” appears
The context
6let him weigh me in scales of righteousness, and let Eloah know my integrity.
7 · This verse (above)
8let me sow and another eat, and let my shoots be uprooted.