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My soulנַפְשִׁיrefusesמֵאֲנָהto touch them;לִנְגּוֹעַtheyהֵמָּהare like the sicknessכִּדְוֵיof my bread.לַחְמִי
Job 6:7
Study it in the app“My soul refuses to touch them; they are like the sickness of my bread.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 6:7, word by word
- My soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- refusesמֵאֲנָהmeana
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meana” appears- to touch themנְגּוֹעַnegoa
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “negoa” appears- are like the sicknessדְוֵיdeve
sickness, loathsome thing
Sickness, illness; figuratively, disgust, loathing.
Where else “deve” appears- of my breadלַחְמִlachmi
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachmi” appears
Translation note
“Like the sickness of my bread”: a phrase of uncertain sense; it seems to say “they are to me like food that makes one sick.”
The context
6Can what is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there flavor in the slime of the purslane?
7 · This verse (above)
8Who would grant that my request might come, and that Eloah would grant my hope,