Job

Job 6:19–20

¹⁹The caravans of Tema look for water;

the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

²⁰They are confounded because they had hoped;

their arrival brings disappointment.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The caravans	אָרְח֣וֹת	’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ	Noun - common plural construct	H734 way, path
of Tema	תֵּמָ֑א	tê·mā	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8485 Tema
look	הִ֭בִּיטוּ	hib·bî·ṭū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H5027 look
the travelers	הֲלִיכֹ֥ת	hă·lî·ḵōṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H1979 a going, way, travelling-company
of Sheba	שְׁ֝בָ֗א	šə·b̲āʾ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7614 Shebâ
hope	קִוּוּ־	qiw·wū-	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H6960 wait for
to find it	לָֽמוֹ׃	lā·mōw	Preposition; third person masculine plural

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They are confounded	בֹּ֥שׁוּ	bō·šū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H954 be ashamed
because	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they had hoped	בָטָ֑ח	ḇā·ṭāḥ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H982 trust
their arrival	בָּ֥אוּ	bå̄·ʾū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
brings disappointment	וַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ׃	way·yeḥ·pā·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2659 be abashed, ashamed

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

Job 6:19 Genesis 25:15 · Isaiah 21:14 · Jeremiah 25:23 · 1 Kings 10:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.