Job 7 אִיּוֹב פרק ז׳

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   הֲלֹא־צָבָאha/LO-tsa/VAis there not hard serviceלֶאֱנוֹשׁle/e/NOSHfor man(על)l[עֲלֵי־]אָרֶץa/LE-A/retson earthוְכִימֵיve/khi/MEand like the days ofשָׂכִירsa/KHIRa hirelingיָמָיו׃ya/MAYVare his days

   Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

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   כְּעֶבֶדke/E/vedlike a slave whoיִשְׁאַף־צֵלyish/AF-tsellongs for the shadeוּכְשָׂכִירu/khe/sa/KHIRand like a hirelingיְקַוֶּהye/kav/VEwho waits forפׇעֳלוֹ׃fo/o/LOhis wages

   As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

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   כֵּןkensoהׇנְחַלְתִּיhon/CHAL/tiI have been allottedלִיlito meיַרְחֵי־שָׁוְאyar/CHE-shavmonths of emptinessוְלֵילוֹתve/le/LOTand nights ofעָמָלa/MALmiseryמִנּוּ־לִי׃min/NU-liare appointed to me

   So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

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   אִם־שָׁכַבְתִּיim-sha/KHAV/tiwhen I lie downוְאָמַרְתִּיve/a/mar/TII sayמָתַיma/TAYwhenאָקוּםa/KUMshall I ariseוּמִדַּד־עָרֶבu/mid/DAD-A/revand the night is longוְשָׂבַעְתִּיve/sa/VA/tiand I am full ofנְדֻדִיםne/du/DIMtossingעֲדֵי־נָשֶׁף׃a/DE-NA/shefuntil the dawn

   When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

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   לָבַשׁla/VASHis clothed withבְּשָׂרִיbe/sa/RImy fleshרִמָּהrim/MAworms[וְגוּשׁ]ve/GUSHand clods ofעָפָרa/FARdustעוֹרִיo/RImy skinרָגַעra/GAhardensוַיִּמָּאֵס׃vay/yim/ma/ESand runs

   My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

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   יָמַיya/MAYmy daysקַלּוּKAL/luare swifterמִנִּי־אָרֶגmin/NI-A/regthan a weaver's shuttleוַיִּכְלוּvay/yikh/LUand come to an endבְּאֶפֶסbe/E/feswithoutתִּקְוָה׃tik/VAhope

   My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

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   זְכֹרze/KHORrememberכִּי־רוּחַki-RU/achthat a breathחַיָּיchay/YAYis my lifeלֹא־תָשׁוּבlo-ta/SHUVwill not againעֵינִיe/NImy eyeלִרְאוֹתlir/OTseeטוֹב׃tovgood

   O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

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   לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִיlo-te/shu/RE/nishall behold me no moreעֵיןenthe eye ofרֹאִיRO/ihim who sees meעֵינֶיךָe/NE/khaYour eyes areבִּיbion meוְאֵינֶנִּי׃ve/e/NEN/nibut I am gone

   The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

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   כָּלָהka/LAfadesעָנָןa/NANa cloudוַיֵּלַךְvay/ye/LAKHand vanishesכֵּןkensoיוֹרֵדyo/REDhe who goes down toשְׁאוֹלShe/OLSheolלֹאlonotיַעֲלֶה׃ya/a/LEcome up

   As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

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    לֹא־יָשׁוּבlo-ya/SHUVhe shall not returnעוֹדodagainלְבֵיתוֹle/ve/TOto his houseוְלֹא־יַכִּירֶנּוּve/LO-yak/ki/REN/nunor shall know himעוֹדodanymoreמְקֹמוֹ׃me/ko/MOits place

    He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

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    גַּם־אֲנִיgam-a/NItherefore Iלֹאlonotאֶחֱשׇׂךְ־פִּיe/che/SOKH-piwill restrain my mouthאֲדַבְּרָהa/dab/be/RAI will speakבְּצַרbe/TSARin the anguish ofרוּחִיru/CHImy spiritאָשִׂיחָהa/SI/chaI will complainבְּמַרbe/MARin the bitterness ofנַפְשִׁי׃naf/SHImy soul

    Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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    הֲיָם־אָנִיha/YAM-A/niam I the seaאִם־תַּנִּיןim-tan/NINor a sea monsterכִּי־תָשִׂיםki-ta/SIMthat You setעָלַיa/LAYover meמִשְׁמָר׃mish/MARa watch

    Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

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    כִּי־אָמַרְתִּיki-a/MAR/tiwhen I sayתְּנַחֲמֵנִיte/na/cha/ME/niwill comfort meעַרְשִׂיar/SImy couchיִשָּׂאyis/SAwill easeבְשִׂיחִיve/si/CHImy complaintמִשְׁכָּבִי׃mish/ka/VImy bed

    When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

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    וְחִתַּתַּנִיve/chit/tat/TA/nithen You scare meבַחֲלֹמוֹתva/cha/lo/MOTwith dreamsוּמֵחֶזְיֹנוֹתu/me/chez/yo/NOTand through visionsתְּבַעֲתַנִּי׃te/va/a/TAN/niYou terrify me

    Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

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    וַתִּבְחַרvat/tiv/CHARso that choosesמַחֲנָקma/cha/NAKstranglingנַפְשִׁיnaf/SHImy soulמָוֶתMA/vetdeathמֵעַצְמוֹתָי׃me/ats/mo/TAYrather than my bones

    So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

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    מָאַסְתִּיma/AS/tiI loatheלֹא־לְעֹלָםlo-le/o/LAMnot for everאֶחְיֶהech/YEwould I liveחֲדַלcha/DALlet aloneמִמֶּנִּיmim/MEN/nimeכִּי־הֶבֶלki-HE/velfor a breath areיָמָי׃ya/MAYmy days

    I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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    מָה־אֱנוֹשׁma-e/NOSHwhat is manכִּיkithatתְגַדְּלֶנּוּte/gad/de/LEN/nuYou should magnify himוְכִי־תָשִׁיתve/KHI-ta/SHITand that You should setאֵלָיוe/LAYVon himלִבֶּךָ׃lib/BE/khaYour heart

    What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

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    וַתִּפְקְדֶנּוּvat/tif/ke/DEN/nuthat You should visit himלִבְקָרִיםliv/ka/RIMevery morningלִרְגָעִיםlir/ga/IMevery momentתִּבְחָנֶנּוּ׃tiv/cha/NEN/nutest him

    And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

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    כַּמָּהkam/MAhow longלֹא־תִשְׁעֶהlo-tish/Ewill You not look awayמִמֶּנִּיmim/MEN/nifrom meלֹא־תַרְפֵּנִיlo-tar/PE/ninor let me aloneעַד־בִּלְעִיad-bil/Itill I swallowרֻקִּי׃ruk/KImy spittle

    How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

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    חָטָאתִיcha/TA/tiif I have sinnedמָהmawhatאֶפְעַלef/ALhave I doneלָךְlakhto Youנֹצֵרno/TSERO watcher ofהָאָדָםha/a/DAMmenלָמָהla/MAwhyשַׂמְתַּנִיsam/TA/nihave You set meלְמִפְגָּעle/mif/GAas a targetלָךְlakhfor Youוָאֶהְיֶהva/eh/YEso that I amעָלַיa/LAYto myselfלְמַשָּׂא׃le/mas/SAa burden

    I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

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    וּמֶהu/MEand whyלֹא־תִשָּׂאlo-tis/SAdo You not pardonפִשְׁעִיfish/Imy transgressionוְתַעֲבִירve/ta/a/VIRand take awayאֶת־עֲוֺנִיet-a/vo/NImy iniquityכִּי־עַתָּהki-at/TAfor nowלֶעָפָרle/a/FARin the dustאֶשְׁכָּבesh/KAVI shall lie downוְשִׁחַרְתַּנִיve/shi/char/TA/niand You will seek meוְאֵינֶנִּי׃ve/e/NEN/nibut I shall not be

    And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.