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And your beginningוְ רֵאשִׁיתְךָwill have beenהָיָהsmall,מִצְעָרbut your endוְאַחֲרִיתְךָwill growיִשְׂגֶּהvery great.מְאֹד
Job 8:7
Study it in the app“And your beginning will have been small, but your end will grow very great.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 8:7, word by word
- And your beginningרֵאשִׁיתְreshit
beginning
The beginning: "in the beginning".
Where else “reshit” appears- will have beenהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- smallמִצְעָרmitsar
small
Of small size or small number: little or scant.
Where else “mitsar” appears- but your endאַחֲרִיתְacharit
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharit” appears- will growיִשְׂגֶּהyisge
grow, increase
To grow, to become great.
Where else “yisge” appears- very greatמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears
The context
6if you are pure and upright, surely now he will rouse himself for you and restore the dwelling of your righteousness.
7 · This verse (above)
8For ask, please, the first generation, and apply yourself to the searching of their fathers.