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Job 29:7-10

7When I went outבְּצֵ֣אתִיbe.Tze.tiH3318to the cityקָ֑רֶתKa.retH7176gateשַׁ֣עַר עֲלֵי־Sha.'ar 'a.lei-H8179 H5921and tookאָכִ֥ין'a.KhinH3559my seatמוֹשָׁבִֽי׃mo.sha.ViH4186in the public squareבָּ֝רְח֗וֹבba.re.ChovH7339,

8the young menנְעָרִ֣יםne.'a.RimH5288saw meרָא֣וּנִיra.'U.niH7200and withdrewוְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּve.nech.Ba.'uH2244,and the old menוִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁיםVi.shi.shimH3453roseקָ֣מוּKa.muH6965to their feetעָמָֽדוּ׃'a.Ma.duH5975.

9The princesשָׂ֭רִיםSa.rimH8269refrainedעָצְר֣וּ'a.tze.RuH6113from speakingבְמִלִּ֑יםve.mi.LimH4405and coveredיָשִׂ֥ימוּya.Si.muH7760their mouthsלְפִיהֶֽם׃le.fi.HemH6310with their handsוְ֝כַ֗ףve.KhafH3709.

10The voicesקוֹל־kol-H6963of the noblesנְגִידִ֥יםne.gi.DimH5057were hushedנֶחְבָּ֑אוּnech.Ba.'uH2244,and their tonguesוּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םu.le.sho.NamH3956stuckדָּבֵֽקָה׃da.Ve.kahH1692to the roofs of their mouthsלְחִכָּ֥םle.chi.KamH2441.

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