Mara The word has the Aramaic, not the Hebr. fem. ending.

the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me Almost the same words as in Job 27:2. For Almightythe Heb. has Shaddai, perhaps an intentional archaism, see Genesis 49:25. Shaddaialone (not El Shaddai) occurs elsewhere only in poetry, e.g. Numbers 24:4; Numbers 24:16 and in Job; Naomi's words in Ruth 1:21 fall into poetic rhythm, as the language of emotion usually does in the O. T.

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