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Now Elihuוֶאֱלִיהוּhad waited forחִכָּהJobאֶת אִיּוֹבwith his words,בִּדְבָרִיםbecauseכִּיtheyהֵמָּהwere olderזְקֵנִיםthan heמִמֶּנּוּin days.לְיָמִים
Job 32:4
Study it in the app“Now Elihu had waited for Job with his words, because they were older than he in days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 32:4, word by word
- Now Elihuאֱלִיהוּelihu
Elihu
Elihu: the name of several men; among them an ancestor of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1) and the young man who speaks in the book of Job (Job 32:2). It means "he is my God."
Where else “elihu” appears- had waited forחִכָּהchika
wait, wait for
To wait, to wait for something to happen or for someone to act (2 Kings 7:9). In the Psalms and in Isaiah it is also used for waiting on God with trust (Isaiah 30:18).
Where else “chika” appears- Jobאִיּוֹבiyov
Job
Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.
Where else “iyov” appears- with his wordsדְבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- were olderזְקֵנִיםzekenim
old
A person of many years.
Where else “zekenim” appears- in daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
3And against his three companions his anger burned because they had not found an answer and yet had declared Job wicked.
4 · This verse (above)
5And Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, and his anger burned.