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Like a slaveכְּעֶבֶדwho pants forיִשְׁאַףthe shade,צֵלand like a hired workerוּכְשָׂכִירwho hopes forיְקַוֶּהhis wages,פָעֳלוֹ
Job 7:2
Study it in the app“Like a slave who pants for the shade, and like a hired worker who hopes for his wages,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 7:2, word by word
- Like a slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- who pants forיִשְׁאַףyishaf
long for
To long for something eagerly.
Where else “yishaf” appears- the shadeצֵלtsel
shadow
A shadow: the dark shape something leaves when it blocks the light, and which soon passes.
Where else “tsel” appears- and like a hired workerשָׂכִירsachir
hired worker
Hired worker: a laborer paid by the day or by the year.
Where else “sachir” appears- who hopes forיְקַוֶּהyekave
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “yekave” appears- his wagesפָעֳלfaol
wages
What is given to the one who worked, in return for his labor.
Where else “faol” appears
The context
1Is there not service for a mortal on earth, and like the days of a hired worker are his days?
2 · This verse (above)
3so I have been given as my inheritance months of emptiness, and nights of suffering have been assigned to me.