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WhenאִםI lie down,שָׁכַבְתִּיI say,וְאָמַרְתִּי‘Whenמָתַיshall I arise?’אָקוּםBut the eveningעָרֶבstretches on,וּמִדַּדand I am satedוְשָׂבַעְתִּיwith tossingנְדֻדִיםuntilעֲדֵיtwilight.נָשֶׁף
Job 7:4
Study it in the app“When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ But the evening stretches on, and I am sated with tossing until twilight.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 7:4, word by word
- I lie downשָׁכַבְתִּיshachavti
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shachavti” appears- I sayאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- ‘Whenמָתַיmatay
when?
When? How long?
Where else “matay” appears- shall I arise?’אָקוּםakum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “akum” appears- But the eveningעָרֶבarev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “arev” appears- stretches onמִדַּדmidad
flight, stretching out
A word that appears only once in the Bible (Job 7:4), said of the evening or the night: that drags on, or that flees. Its exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “midad” appears- and I am satedשָׂבַעְתִּיsavati
be sated
To have plenty, be fed up.
Where else “savati” appears- with tossingנְדֻדִיםnedudim
tossing
Tossing in bed without being able to sleep; restless wakefulness. Only plural.
Where else “nedudim” appears- twilightנָשֶׁףnashef
dawn
The dim light before sunrise.
Where else “nashef” appears
The context
3so I have been given as my inheritance months of emptiness, and nights of suffering have been assigned to me.
4 · This verse (above)
5My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dust; my skin hardens and festers.