Job 7:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי

Transliteration

How long not-ṯish'eh from me not-ṯarpênî until-bil'î my ruqqî

Grammar Details

*kammāh*: interrogative adverb - how long?
*lō'*: negative particle - not
*ṯish'eh*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you look away
*mimmennî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - from me
*ṯarpênî*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you let me alone
*'aḏ*: preposition - until
*bil'î*: verb, qal infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - my swallowing
*ruqqî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my spittle

Word Meanings

*ṯish'eh*: look away/turn away/gaze
*ṯarpênî*: let me alone/leave me/release me
*bil'î*: my swallowing/my consuming
*ruqqî*: my spittle/my saliva

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 9:18 : 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
Job 14:6 : 6 Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
Ps 6:3 : 3 My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?
Ps 13:1-3 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
Ps 94:3 : 3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
Rev 6:10 : 10 and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

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