“So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.”
Job 2:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Job 2:1317 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֵּשְׁב֤וּwayēšəbw
and they satconjH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
אִתּ/וֹ֙ʾitwō
with himpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
לָ/אָ֔רֶץlāʾāreṣ
to the groundpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
שִׁבְעַ֥תšibəʿat
sevenadjH7651
-s · (-teen · -teenth) · -th ···
יָמִ֖יםyāmiym
daysnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
וְ/שִׁבְעַ֣תwəšibəʿat
and sevenconjH7651
-s · (-teen · -teenth) · -th ···
לֵיל֑וֹתlēylwōt
nightsnounH3915
וְ/אֵיןwəʾēyn
and notconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
דֹּבֵ֤רdōbēr
anyone was speakingverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֵלָי/ו֙ʾēlāyw
to himpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
דָּבָ֔רdābār
a wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
רָא֔וּrāʾw
they sawverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
גָדַ֥לgādal
it was greatverbH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
הַ/כְּאֵ֖בhakəʾēb
the painparticleH3511
pain · sorrow
מְאֹֽדməʾōd
exceedinglyadvH3966
especially · exceeding · far · fast ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
Church Fathers on Job 2:13
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him; for they saw that his grief was very great.
Whether they sat with the afflicted Job for seven days and seven nights together, or possibly for seven days and as many nights kept by him in assiduous and frequent visiting, we cannot tell. For we are often said to be doing any thing for so many days, though we may not be continually busied therein all those days. And often holy…
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