Job 17:11
11 My days have passed, my plans ▼ are shattered,even ▼
▼ Although not in the Hebrew text, “even” is supplied in the translation, because this line is in apposition to the preceding.
the desires ▼▼ This word has been linked to the root יָרַשׁ (yarash, “to inherit”) yielding a meaning “the possessions of my heart.” But it is actually to be connected to אָרַשׁ (’arash, “to desire”) cognate to the Akkadian eresu, “desire.” The LXX has “limbs,” which may come from an Aramaic word for “ropes.” An emendation based on the LXX would be risky.
of my heart.
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