Job

Job 29:22–23

²²After my words, they spoke no more;

my speech settled on them like dew.

²³They waited for me as for rain

and drank in my words like spring showers.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
After	אַחֲרֵ֣י	’a·ḥă·rê	Preposition	H310 behind
my words	דְ֭בָרִי	ḏə·ḇā·rî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1697 speech, word
they spoke	יִשְׁנ֑וּ	yiš·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8138 change
no more	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
my speech	מִלָּתִֽי׃	mil·lā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H4405 word, speech, utterance
settled	תִּטֹּ֥ף	tiṭ·ṭōp̄	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5197 drop, drip
on them like dew	וְ֝עָלֵ֗ימוֹ	wə·‘ā·lê·mōw	Conjunctive waw; Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They waited	וְיִֽחֲל֣וּ	wə·yi·ḥă·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H3176 wait
for me as for rain	כַמָּטָ֣ר	ḵam·mā·ṭār	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4306 rain
and drank in my words	פָּעֲר֥וּ	pā·‘ă·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6473 open wide
like spring showers	לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃	lə·mal·qō·wōš	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H4456 latter-rain, spring-rain

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 29:22 Deuteronomy 32:2 · Matthew 22:46 · Song of Solomon 4:11 · Isaiah 52:15 · Ezekiel 20:46

Job 29:23 Hosea 6:3 · Zechariah 10:1 · Psalm 72:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.