Job 32:18

With the Hebrew beneath

Job 32:18, word by word

I am fullמָלֵתִיmaleti

fill

To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.

Where else “maleti” appears

of wordsמִלִּיםmilim

word, speech

A word, a saying; what someone says. It is a poetic word, used very often in the book of Job.

Where else “milim” appears

the spiritרוּחַruach

spirit

What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.

Where else “ruach” appears

of my bellyבִּטְנִbitni

belly

The belly; also one's innermost part.

Where else “bitni” appears

presses meהֱצִיקַתְhetsikat

distress, press hard

Press hard, distress, put in straits.

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Translation note

“The spirit of my belly”: what he carries inside and drives him to speak; the same word means “wind,” and the image of the wine that ferments follows (verse 19).

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