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Forכִּיweאֲנַחְנוּare of yesterdayתְמוֹלand do notוְלֹאknow,נֵדָעforכִּיour daysיָמֵינוּare a shadowצֵלonעֲלֵיearth.אָרֶץ
Job 8:9
Study it in the app“For we are of yesterday and do not know, for our days are a shadow on earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 8:9, word by word
- are of yesterdayתְמוֹלtemol
yesterday
The day that has just passed, right before today.
Where else “temol” appears- knowנֵדָעneda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “neda” appears- our daysיָמֵיyame
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yame” appears- are a shadowצֵלtsel
shadow
A shadow: the dark shape something leaves when it blocks the light, and which soon passes.
Where else “tsel” appears- earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
8For ask, please, the first generation, and apply yourself to the searching of their fathers.
9 · This verse (above)
10Will they not teach you, tell you, and from their heart bring forth words?