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“Look,הֵןI am of little account;קַלֹּתִיwhatמָהshall I answer you?אֲשִׁיבֶךָּMy handיָדִיI layשַׂמְתִּיonלְמוֹmy mouth.פִי
Job 40:4
Study it in the app““Look, I am of little account; what shall I answer you? My hand I lay on my mouth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 40:4, word by word
- I am of little accountקַלֹּתִיkaloti
despise
To count something or someone as little, as a thing without weight.
Where else “kaloti” appears- shall I answer youאֲשִׁיבֶashive
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “ashive” appears- My handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- I layשַׂמְתִּיsamti
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samti” appears- onלְמוֹlemo
to, for
A poetic form of the preposition "to," "for."
Where else “lemo” appears- my mouthפִfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears
The context
3And Job answered YHWH and said:
4 · This verse (above)
5Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; and twice, and I will not add to it.”