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Job 29:7-10

7When I went outבְּצֵ֣אתִיbe.Tze.tiH3318to the gateשַׁ֣עַרSha.'arH8179through the cityקָ֑רֶתKa.retH7176, whenI preparedאָכִ֥ין'a.KhinH3559my seatמוֹשָׁבִֽי׃mo.sha.ViH4186in the streetבָּ֝רְח֗וֹבba.re.ChovH7339!

8The young menנְעָרִ֣יםne.'a.RimH5288sawרָא֣וּנִיra.'U.niH7200me, and hidוְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּve.nech.Ba.'uH2244themselves: and the agedוִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁיםVi.shi.shimH3453aroseקָ֣מוּKa.muH6965, andstood upעָמָֽדוּ׃'a.Ma.duH5975.

9The princesשָׂ֭רִיםSa.rimH8269refrainedעָצְר֣וּ'a.tze.RuH6113talkingבְמִלִּ֑יםve.mi.LimH4405,and laidיָשִׂ֥ימוּya.Si.muH7760theirhandוְ֝כַ֗ףve.KhafH3709on their mouthלְפִיהֶֽם׃le.fi.HemH6310.

10The noblesנְגִידִ֥יםne.gi.DimH5057heldנֶחְבָּ֑אוּnech.Ba.'uH2244their peaceקוֹל־kol-H6963,and their tongueוּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םu.le.sho.NamH3956cleavedדָּבֵֽקָה׃da.Ve.kahH1692to the roof of their mouthלְחִכָּ֥םle.chi.KamH2441.

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