Job 18:2 in context
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Job 18:2

How long will you [plural] chase (cast nets) after babble (talk – Hebr. milah)?
Understand (decide), then we can talk.
[So far, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar have always addressed Job in the singular. Here Bildad asks, "How long will you?" As the second speaker, Bildad may be losing patience, not only with Job, but also with Eliphaz, who always speaks before him and often gives long speeches. In the next verse (verse 3), Bildad uses the form "we" (including himself and his two companions), so it is most likely that the plural form here in verse 2 refers to Job and perhaps his family, or Job and other "miserable people" in similar situations in a broader perspective. The shift from singular to plural further distances Bildad from Job. It is no longer one person with a name, but a broader group that he is railing against.]
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Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

עַד   אָנָה   תְּשִׂימוּן   קִנְצֵי   לְמִלִּין   תָּבִינוּ   וְאַחַר   נְדַבֵּר  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

μέχρι τίνος οὐ παύσῃ ἐπίσχες ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ λαλήσωμεν

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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H5704
H9014
 עַד (ad-)
־
till
link
Prep. Preposition

 R
H0575
H9015
 אָ֤נָה (anah)
׀
where?
separate
Ti
H7760a
H9013
 תְּשִׂימ֣וּ (tesimo)
ן (n)
 to set
parag
Verb Verb
qal ♂ pl. qal second person masculine plural

Suffix Suffix

 Vqi2mp
Sn
H7078
 קִנְצֵ֣י (qinetzei)
 snare
Noun Noun
♂ pl. gen. masculine plural Construct state

Ncmpc
H9005
H4405
 לְ (le)
מִלִּ֑ין (milin)
 to
speech
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 R
Ncmpa
H0995
 תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ (tavino)
 to understand
Verb Verb
qal ♂ pl. qal second person masculine plural

Vqi2mp
H9002
H0310a
 וְ (ve)
אַחַ֥ר (achar)
 and
behind
Conj. Conjunktion

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 C
Ncbsa
H1696
H9016
 נְדַבֵּֽר (nedaber)
׃
to speak
verseEnd
Verb Verb
piel 1p pl. piel first person plural

Vpi1cp

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