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How longכַּמָּהwill you notלֹאlook awayתִשְׁעֶהfrom me,מִמֶּנִּיnorלֹאlet me goתַרְפֵּנִיuntilעַדI swallowבִּלְעִיmy spittle?רֻקִּי
Job 7:19
Study it in the app“How long will you not look away from me, nor let me go until I swallow my spittle?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 7:19, word by word
- look awayתִשְׁעֶהtishe
look away
To turn one's eyes from someone.
Where else “tishe” appears- let me goתַרְפֵּtarpe
let go
To let go, leave: "let me go".
Where else “tarpe” appears- I swallowבִּלְעִbili
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “bili” appears- my spittleרֻקִּruki
spittle
Spittle, saliva.
Where else “ruki” appears
Translation note
“Until I swallow my spittle”: not even for an instant.
The context
18and inspect him every morning and test him every moment?
19 · This verse (above)
20I have sinned; what do I do to you, guardian of human beings? Why have you set me as your target, so that I am a burden to myself?