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Forכִּיnowעַתָּהit would be heavierיִכְבָּדthan the sandמֵחוֹלof the seas;יַמִּיםthereforeעַל כֵּןmy wordsדְּבָרַיhave been rash.לָעוּ
Job 6:3
Study it in the app“For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words have been rash.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 6:3, word by word
- it would be heavierיִכְבָּדyichbad
be heavy
To weigh much, like a burden.
Where else “yichbad” appears- than the sandחוֹלchol
sand
Sand.
Where else “chol” appears- of the seasיַמִּיםyamim
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yamim” appears- my wordsדְּבָרַdevara
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devara” appears- have been rashלָעוּlau
speak rashly
To speak without weighing one's words.
Where else “lau” appears
The context
2“If only my vexation were truly weighed, and my calamity lifted onto the scales together.
3 · This verse (above)
4For the arrows of Shaddai are with me, whose venom my spirit drinks; the terrors of Eloah are arrayed against me.