- and was full of days:
- Wyyisba yammim, "satiated with days;" which seems to be a metaphor taken from a guest regaled by a plentiful banquet, used to express the termination of life without reluctance. "And thou¹ shalt goª° to¹ thy fathersª in peace;ª thou shalt be buriedª° in a goodª old age.ª" {Gen 15:15} + "Then Abrahamª gave up the ghost,ª° and diedª° in a goodª old age,ª an old man,ª and fullª [of years]; and was gatheredª° to¹ his people.ª" {Gen 25:8} + "So when Davidª was oldª° and fullª° of days,ª he made¹¹ Solomonª his sonª king²° over¹ Israel.ª" {1Ch 23:1} + "Thou shalt comeª° to¹ [thy] graveª in a full age,ª like as a shock of cornª cometh inª° in his season.ª" {Job 5:26} + "With longª lifeª will I satisfyª° him, and shewª° him my salvation.ª" {Psa 91:16}
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