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Good it isטוֹבfor the manלַגֶּבֶרthatכִּיhe bearיִשָּׂאa yokeעֹלin his youth.בִּנְעוּרָיו
Lamentations 3:27
Study it in the app“Good it is for the man that he bear a yoke in his youth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:27, word by word
- Good it isטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- for the manגֶּבֶרgever
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appears- he bearיִשָּׂאyisa
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “yisa” appears- a yokeעֹלol
yoke
Yoke: the wooden piece joining two oxen; figuratively, being subject to another.
Where else “ol” appears- in his youthנְעוּרָיneuray
youth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neuray” appears
The context
26Good it is that one should await, and silently, the salvation of YHWH.
27 · This verse (above)
28Let him sit alone and be silent, because he has laid it on him.