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Take care;הִשָּׁמֶרdo notאַלturnתֵּפֶןtoאֶלwickedness,אָוֶןforכִּיthisעַל זֶהyou have chosenבָּחַרְתָּrather than affliction.מֵעֹנִי
Job 36:21
Study it in the app“Take care; do not turn to wickedness, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 36:21, word by word
- Take careהִשָּׁמֶרhishamer
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “hishamer” appears- turnתֵּפֶןtefen
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “tefen” appears- wickednessאָוֶןaven
wickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appears- you have chosenבָּחַרְתָּbacharta
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “bacharta” appears- rather than afflictionעֹנִיoni
affliction
Affliction, suffering, misery.
Where else “oni” appears
The context
20Do not long for the night, when peoples go up from their place.
21 · This verse (above)
22Look, El is exalted in his strength; who is a teacher like him?