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He does notלֹאallow meיִתְּנֵנִיto get backהָשֵׁבmy breath,רוּחִיbutכִּיfills meיַשְׂבִּעַנִיwith bitterness.מַמְּרֹרִים
Job 9:18
Study it in the app“He does not allow me to get back my breath, but fills me with bitterness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 9:18, word by word
- allow meיִתְּנֵyitne
let
To let something happen.
Where else “yitne” appears- to get backהָשֵׁבhashev
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashev” appears- my breathרוּחִruchi
breath
Literally "wind": the air that leaves the lungs.
Where else “ruchi” appears- fills meיַשְׂבִּעַyasbia
satisfy
To give another all they need: YHWH gives good in plenty.
Where else “yasbia” appears- with bitternessמַמְּרֹרִיםmamrorim
bitterness
Bitterness: bitter things, great sorrows. Only plural.
Where else “mamrorim” appears
The context
17he who bruises me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds for nothing.
18 · This verse (above)
19If it is a matter of strength, look, he is mighty; and if of justice, who will summon me?