Job

Job 31:16–18

¹⁶If I have denied the desires of the poor

or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

¹⁷if I have eaten my morsel alone,

not sharing it with the fatherless —

¹⁸though from my youth I reared him as would a father,

and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow —

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I have denied	אֶ֭מְנַע	’em·na‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H4513 withhold, hold back
the desires	מֵחֵ֣פֶץ	mê·ḥê·p̄eṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2656 delight, pleasure
of the poor	דַּלִּ֑ים	dal·lîm	Adjective - masculine plural construct	H1800 low, weak, poor, thin
or allowed the widow’s	אַלְמָנָ֣ה	’al·mā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H490 widow
eyes	וְעֵינֵ֖י	wə·‘ê·nê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - cdc	H5869 eye
to fail	אֲכַלֶּֽה׃	’ă·ḵal·leh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
if I have eaten	וְאֹכַ֣ל	wə·’ō·ḵal	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular	H398 eat
my morsel	פִּתִּ֣י	pit·tî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H6595 fragment, bit, morsel
alone	לְבַדִּ֑י	lə·ḇad·dî	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H905 separation
not	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
sharing	אָכַ֖ל	’ā·ḵal	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H398 eat
it	מִמֶּֽנָּה׃	mim·men·nāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
with the fatherless	יָת֣וֹם	yā·ṯō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H3490 orphan

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
though	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
from my youth	מִ֭נְּעוּרַי	min·nə·‘ū·ray	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H5271 youth, juvenility, young
I reared him	גְּדֵלַ֣נִי	gə·ḏê·la·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H1431 grow up, become great
as would a father	כְאָ֑ב	ḵə·’āḇ	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H1 father
and from my mother’s	אִמִּ֣י	’im·mî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H517 mother
womb	וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן	ū·mib·be·ṭen	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H990 belly, body, womb
I guided	אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃	’an·ḥen·nāh	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H5148 lead, guide

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Job 31:16 Isaiah 38:14 · Deuteronomy 15:7–10

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