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“If onlyלוּmy vexationכַּעְשִׂיwere truly weighed,שָׁקוֹל יִשָּׁקֵלand my calamityוְהַוָּתִיliftedיִשְׂאוּonto the scalesבְּמֹאזְנַיִםtogether.יָחַד
Job 6:2
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With the Hebrew beneath
Job 6:2, word by word
- “If onlyלוּlu
if only
A word that voices a strong wish that something were otherwise: «if only…».
Where else “lu” appears- my vexationכַּעְשִׂkasi
grief
Bitter pain one carries inside.
Where else “kasi” appears- were truly weighedשָׁקוֹלshakol
weigh
Weigh; pay by weighing out silver.
Where else “shakol” appears- and my calamityהַוָּתִhavati
calamity
A disaster that destroys.
Where else “havati” appears- liftedיִשְׂאוּyisu
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisu” appears- onto the scalesמֹאזְנַיִםmoznayim
scales
A pair of scales.
Where else “moznayim” appears- togetherיָחַדyachad
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachad” appears
The context
1Job answered and said:
2 · This verse (above)
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words have been rash.