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OnceאַחַתI have spoken,דִּבַּרְתִּיand I will notוְלֹאanswer;אֶעֱנֶהand twice,וּשְׁתַּיִםand I will notוְלֹאadd to it.”אוֹסִיף
Job 40:5
Study it in the app“Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; and twice, and I will not add to it.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 40:5, word by word
- Onceאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- I have spokenדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- answerאֶעֱנֶהeene
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “eene” appears- and twiceשְׁתַּיִםshetayim
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shetayim” appears- add to itאוֹסִיףosif
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “osif” appears
The context
4“Look, I am of little account; what shall I answer you? My hand I lay on my mouth.
5 · This verse (above)
6And YHWH answered Job from the whirlwind and said: