And Elihuוַ אֱלִיהוּאsonבֶןof Barachelבַּרַכְאֵלthe Buziteהַבּוּזִיansweredיַּעַןand said:וַיֹּאמַר“I am youngצָעִיר אֲנִיin days,לְיָמִיםand youוְאַתֶּםare very old;יְשִׁישִׁיםthereforeעַל כֵּןI held backזָחַלְתִּיand was afraidוָאִירָאto declareמֵחַוֺּתmy knowledgeדֵּעִיto you.אֶתְכֶם
Job 32:6
Study it in the app“And Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: “I am young in days, and you are very old; therefore I held back and was afraid to declare my knowledge to you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 32:6, word by word
- And Elihuאֱלִיהוּאelihu
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- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Barachelבַּרַכְאֵלbarachel
Barachel
Barachel: the name of the father of Elihu. It means "El has blessed."
Where else “barachel” appears- the Buziteבּוּזִיbuzi
Buzite
Buzite: a descendant of Buz (Genesis 22:21) or a person from that place. Elihu is called so.
Where else “buzi” appears- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- “I am youngצָעִירtsair
younger
The youngest.
Where else “tsair” appears- in daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- are very oldיְשִׁישִׁיםyeshishim
aged, old man
An old man, a person of great age.
Where else “yeshishim” appears- I held backזָחַלְתִּיzachalti
hold back
To keep quiet out of shyness or fear.
Where else “zachalti” appears- and was afraidאִירָאira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “ira” appears- to declareחַוֺּתchavot
declare, show
To declare, to make known, to set something out.
Where else “chavot” appears- my knowledgeדֵּעִdei
knowledge
Knowledge, what someone knows; opinion.
Where else “dei” appears
The context
5And Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, and his anger burned.
6 · This verse (above)
7I said, ‘Days should speak, and the multitude of years should make known wisdom.’