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Is there notהֲלֹאserviceצָבָאfor a mortalלֶאֱנוֹשׁonעֲלֵיearth,אָרֶץand like the daysוְכִימֵיof a hired workerשָׂכִירare his days?יָמָיו
Job 7:1
Study it in the app“Is there not service for a mortal on earth, and like the days of a hired worker are his days?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 7:1, word by word
- serviceצָבָאtsava
service
Literally "army": duty done by turns, or a hard life.
Where else “tsava” appears- for a mortalאֱנוֹשׁenosh
man, mortal
Man, mortal: the human being seen in his weakness; also people in general.
Where else “enosh” appears- earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and like the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of a hired workerשָׂכִירsachir
hired worker
Hired worker: a laborer paid by the day or by the year.
Where else “sachir” appears
Translation note
“Service”: the Hebrew word is the one for “army”; here, a time of hard, compulsory service, like a soldier’s.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Like a slave who pants for the shade, and like a hired worker who hopes for his wages,