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Commentary for Job 29:6

בִּרְחֹ֣ץ הֲלִיכַ֣י בְּחֵמָ֑ה וְצ֥וּר יָצ֥וּק עִ֝מָּדִ֗י פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃

When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out rivers of oil!

Rashi on Job

my feet Heb. הליכי, my feet.
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Rashi on Job

with cream Heb. בְּחֵמָה, like בחמאה.
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Rashi on Job

and the rock that was with me would pour forth rivulets of oil i.e., all the desires of my heart, which are as pleasing as rivulets of oil.
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would pour as in (Lev. 2:6), “and you shall pour.”
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