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Do you thinkהַ תַּחְשֹׁבוּto reproveלְהוֹכַחwords,מִלִּיםandוּthe sayingsאִמְרֵיof one in despairנֹאָשׁas wind?לְרוּחַ
Job 6:26
Study it in the app“Do you think to reprove words, and the sayings of one in despair as wind?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 6:26, word by word
- Do you thinkתַּחְשֹׁבוּtachshovu
think
To turn something over in the mind until forming an opinion.
Where else “tachshovu” appears- to reproveהוֹכַחhochach
rebuke
To point out someone's fault so that he corrects it.
Where else “hochach” appears- wordsמִלִּיםmilim
word, speech
A word, a saying; what someone says. It is a poetic word, used very often in the book of Job.
Where else “milim” appears- the sayingsאִמְרֵיimre
words, sayings
Words, sayings. In Genesis 49:21, some read "fawns".
Where else “imre” appears- of one in despairנֹאָשׁnoash
despair
To give up, to despair, to lose hope of attaining something.
Where else “noash” appears- as windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears
The context
25How hard are sayings of uprightness, but what does reproof from you reprove?
26 · This verse (above)
27You would even cast lots over the orphan and bargain over your companion.