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“If one venturesהֲנִסָּהa wordדָבָרwith you,אֵלֶיךָwill you be weary?תִּלְאֶהBut to hold backוַעְצֹרwords,בְּמִלִּיןwhoמִיis able?יוּכָל
Job 4:2
Study it in the app““If one ventures a word with you, will you be weary? But to hold back words, who is able?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 4:2, word by word
- “If one venturesנִסָּהnisa
attempt
To try something to see if it works, or to dare to attempt it.
Where else “nisa” appears- a wordדָבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- will you be wearyתִּלְאֶהtile
grow weary
To grow weary of something or have had enough of it.
Where else “tile” appears- But to hold backעְצֹרetsor
restrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “etsor” appears- wordsמִלִּיןmilin
word, speech
A word, a saying; what someone says. It is a poetic word, used very often in the book of Job.
Where else “milin” appears- is ableיוּכָלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears
The context
1Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 · This verse (above)
3Look, you have corrected many, and slack hands you have strengthened.