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And whyוּמֶהdo you notלֹאpardonתִשָּׂאmy transgressionפִשְׁעִיand letוְmy iniquityאֶת עֲוֺנִיpass away?תַעֲבִירForכִּיnowעַתָּהin the dustלֶעָפָרI will lie down;אֶשְׁכָּבand you will seek me,וְשִׁחֲרְתַּנִיand I will be no more.”וְאֵינֶנִּי
Job 7:21
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 7:21, word by word
- pardonתִשָּׂאtisa
forgive
To take away someone's sin, forgive.
Where else “tisa” appears- my transgressionפִשְׁעִfishi
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “fishi” appears- my iniquityעֲוֺנִavoni
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avoni” appears- pass awayתַעֲבִירtaavir
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavir” appears- in the dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- I will lie downאֶשְׁכָּבeshkav
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “eshkav” appears- and you will seek meשִׁחֲרְתַּshicharta
seek early, seek diligently
To seek earnestly, from early on. It comes from the word "dawn": to rise early to look for something.
Where else “shicharta” appears
The context
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?
21 · This verse (above)