Job 32:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.”

Job 32:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 32:227 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֤יkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָדַ֣עְתִּיyādaʿətiy

I knowverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

אֲכַנֶּ֑הʾăkaneh

I will use flatteryverbH3655

surname

כִּ֝/מְעַ֗טkiməʿaṭ

like a littlepronH4592

very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···

יִשָּׂאֵ֥/נִיyiśāʾēniy

he will carry away meverbH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

עֹשֵֽׂ/נִיʿōśēniy

the one who made meverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

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.

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