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As for us our eyes
`ayin (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
as yet failed
kalah (kaw-law')
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
for our vain
hebel (heh'bel)
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb -- altogether, vain, vanity.
help
`ezrah (ez-raw')
aid -- help(-ed, -er).
in our watching
tsphiyah (tsef-ee-yaw')
watchfulness -- watching.
we have watched
tsaphah (tsaw-faw')
to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await -- behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).
for a nation
gowy (go'-ee)
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
that could not save
yasha` (yaw-shah')
to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
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