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BlamelessתָּםI am;אָנִיI do notלֹאknowאֵדַעmyself;נַפְשִׁיI despiseאֶמְאַסmy life.חַיָּי
Job 9:21
Study it in the app“Blameless I am; I do not know myself; I despise my life.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 9:21, word by word
- Blamelessתָּםtam
blameless
Upright, without deceit.
Where else “tam” appears- knowאֵדַעeda
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “eda” appears- myselfנַפְשִׁnafshi
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafshi” appears- I despiseאֶמְאַסemas
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “emas” appears- my lifeחַיָּchaya
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaya” appears
Translation note
“I do not know myself”: literally “I do not know my soul”; it can be understood “I no longer care about my life.”
The context
20Though I were righteous, my own mouth would declare me wicked; blameless I am, and he would declare me crooked.
21 · This verse (above)
22It is one thing; therefore I say, ‘The blameless and the wicked he consumes.’