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soכֵּןI have been given as my inheritanceהָנְחַלְתִּי לִיmonthsיַרְחֵיof emptiness,שָׁוְאand nightsוְלֵילוֹתof sufferingעָמָלhave been assignedמִנּוּto me.לִי
Job 7:3
Study it in the app“so I have been given as my inheritance months of emptiness, and nights of suffering have been assigned to me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 7:3, word by word
- I have been given as my inheritanceהָנְחַלְתִּיhanchalti
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “hanchalti” appears- monthsיַרְחֵיyarche
month
Each of the twelve parts of the year, from new moon to new moon.
Where else “yarche” appears- of emptinessשָׁוְאshav
emptiness
Something of no value; using YHWH's name lightly.
Where else “shav” appears- and nightsלֵילוֹתlelot
night
Night.
Where else “lelot” appears- of sufferingעָמָלamal
suffering
Pain one goes through, or harm done to others.
Where else “amal” appears- have been assignedמִנּוּminu
assign
To appoint or assign something to someone: God appointed a fish, or the king assigned the food.
Where else “minu” appears
The context
2Like a slave who pants for the shade, and like a hired worker who hopes for his wages,
3 · This verse (above)
4When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ But the evening stretches on, and I am sated with tossing until twilight.