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Do notאַלlong forתִּשְׁאַףthe night,הַלָּיְלָהwhen peoplesעַמִּיםgo upלַעֲלוֹתfrom their place.תַּחְתָּם
Job 36:20
Study it in the app“Do not long for the night, when peoples go up from their place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 36:20, word by word
- long forתִּשְׁאַףtishaf
long for
To long for something eagerly.
Where else “tishaf” appears- the nightלָּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- when peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- go upעֲלוֹתalot
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alot” appears
The context
19Will your cry for help be of value? Not gold, nor all the exertions of strength.
20 · This verse (above)
21Take care; do not turn to wickedness, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.