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Whatמַהis my strength,כֹּחִיthatכִיI should wait?אֲיַחֵלAnd whatוּמַהis my end,קִּצִּיthatכִּיI should be patient?אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִׁי
Job 6:11
Study it in the app“What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 6:11, word by word
- is my strengthכֹּחִkochi
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “kochi” appears- I should waitאֲיַחֵלayachel
wait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “ayachel” appears- is my endקִּצִּkitsi
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kitsi” appears- I should be patientאַאֲרִיךְaarich
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “aarich” appears- I should be patientנַפְשִׁnafshi
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafshi” appears
Translation note
“Be patient”: literally “lengthen my soul.”
The context
10It would still be my comfort, and I would leap in pain that does not have pity, for I have not concealed the sayings of the Holy One.
11 · This verse (above)
12Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh bronze?