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Job 6:2-7

2Oh thatל֗וּLuH3863my griefכַּעְשִׂ֑יka'.SiH3708were throughlyשָׁק֣וֹלsha.KolH8254weighedיִשָּׁקֵ֣לyi.sha.KelH8254,and my calamityוְ֝הַוָּתִ֗יve.hai.ya.tiH1962 H1942laidיִשְׂאוּ־yis.'u-H5375in the balancesבְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִםbe.mo.ze.Na.yimH3976togetherיָֽחַד׃Ya.chadH3162!

3For now it would be heavierיִכְבָּ֑דyikh.BadH3513than the sandמֵח֣וֹלme.CholH2344of the seaיַמִּ֣יםya.MimH3220:therefore my wordsדְּבָרַ֥יde.va.RaiH1697are swallowed upלָֽעוּ׃La.'uH3886.

4For the arrowsחִצֵּ֪יchi.TzeiH2671of the Almightyשַׁדַּ֡יsha.DaiH7706arewithinעִמָּדִ֗י'i.ma.DiH5978me, the poisonחֲ֭מָתָםCha.ma.tomH2534whereof drinketh upשֹׁתָ֣הsho.TahH8354my spiritרוּחִ֑יru.ChiH7307:the terrorsבִּעוּתֵ֖יbi.'u.TeiH1161of Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433do set themselves in arrayיַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃Ya.'ar.Khu.niH6186against me.

5Doth the wild assפֶּ֥רֶאPe.re'H6501brayהֲיִֽנְהַק־ha.yin.hak-H5101when he hath grassדֶ֑שֶׁאDe.she'H1877?or lowethיִגְעֶה־yig.'e.ho-H1600the oxשּׁ֝֗וֹרShorH7794over his fodderבְּלִילֽוֹ׃be.li.LoH1098?

6Can that which is unsavouryתָּ֭פֵלTa.felH8602be eatenהֲיֵאָכֵ֣לha.ye.'a.KhelH398without saltמֶ֑לַחMe.lachH4417?or is thereיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426anytasteטַ֝֗עַםTa.'amH2940in the whiteבְּרִ֣ירbe.RirH7388of an eggחַלָּמֽוּת׃cha.la.MutH2495?

7The things thatmy soulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315refusedמֵאֲנָ֣הme.'a.NahH3985to touchלִנְגּ֣וֹעַlin.Go.a'H5060areas my sorrowfulכִּדְוֵ֥יkid.VeiH1741meatלַחְמִֽי׃lach.MiH3899.

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