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I have sinned;חָטָאתִיwhatמָהdo I doאֶפְעַלto you,לָךְguardianנֹצֵרof human beings?הָאָדָםWhyלָמָהhave you set meשַׂמְתַּנִיas your target,לְמִפְגָּע לָךְso that I amוָאֶהְיֶהa burdenלְמַשָּׂאto myself?עָלַי
Job 7:20
Study it in the app“I 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?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 7:20, word by word
- I have sinnedחָטָאתִיchatati
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatati” appears- do I doאֶפְעַלefal
do, make
Do, make, carry out.
Where else “efal” appears- guardianנֹצֵרnotser
guard
To be watchful in looking after and protecting someone or something.
Where else “notser” appears- of human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- have you set meשַׂמְתַּsamta
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samta” appears- as your targetמִפְגָּעmifga
target
A target: what is shot at or attacked.
Where else “mifga” appears- so that I amאֶהְיֶהehye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehye” appears- a burdenמַשָּׂאmasa
burden
A load carried on the back; also, the act of carrying it.
Where else “masa” appears
Translation note
“I have sinned”: it can be understood as a supposition: “If I have sinned, what do I do to you?”
The context
19How long will you not look away from me, nor let me go until I swallow my spittle?
20 · This verse (above)
21And why do you not pardon my transgression and let my iniquity pass away? For now in the dust I will lie down; and you will seek me, and I will be no more.”