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My daysיָמַיare swifterקַלּוּthan a shuttle,מִנִּי אָרֶגand they come to an endוַיִּכְלוּwithoutבְּאֶפֶסhope.תִּקְוָה
Job 7:6
Study it in the app“My days are swifter than a shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 7:6, word by word
- My daysיָמַyama
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yama” appears- are swifterקַלּוּkalu
be light
To weigh little or be worth little; to become lighter, or go down.
Where else “kalu” appears- than a shuttleאָרֶגareg
shuttle
The piece darting back and forth through the threads.
Where else “areg” appears- and they come to an endיִּכְלוּyichlu
destroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “yichlu” appears- withoutאֶפֶסefes
nothing
Nothing, no one; without.
Where else “efes” appears- hopeתִּקְוָהtikva
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikva” appears
Translation note
“Hope”: the same Hebrew word also means “thread, cord” (Joshua 2:18). A play on both senses can be seen: his days come to an end like the cloth when the thread runs out.
The context
5My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dust; my skin hardens and festers.
6 · This verse (above)
7Remember that my life is wind; my eye will not again see good.