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Ifאִםmy heartלִבִּיhas been enticedנִפְתָּהbyעַלa woman,אִשָּׁהand atוְעַלthe doorפֶּתַחof my neighborרֵעִיI have lain in wait,אָרָבְתִּי
Job 31:9
Study it in the app“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and at the door of my neighbor I have lain in wait,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:9, word by word
- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- has been enticedנִפְתָּהnifta
entice
To win someone over by trickery.
Where else “nifta” appears- a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- the doorפֶּתַחpetach
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appears- of my neighborרֵעִrei
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “rei” appears- I have lain in waitאָרָבְתִּיaravti
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “aravti” appears
The context
8let me sow and another eat, and let my shoots be uprooted.
9 · This verse (above)
10let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down over her.