Job 7:16
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.”
הֶבֶל
Vanity, breath, emptiness. Hebel. A breath that vanishes, emptiness. Ecclesiastes says everything apart from God is hebel. It looks solid but it is vapor. Only God endures.
חָיָה
I will live
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חָיָה
To live, to revive, to preserve alive. Chayah. He revives my soul. God is in the business of revival. He breathes new life into what is dead.
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חָדַל
cease
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חָדַל
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
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יוֹם
days/ my
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יוֹם
Day. Yom. A period of time. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is His gift.
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מִן
from/ me
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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מָאַס
I reject
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מָאַס
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
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