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They open wideפָּעֲרוּtheir mouthבְּפִיהֶםagainst me;עָלַיwith reproachבְּחֶרְפָּהthey strikeהִכּוּmy cheeks;לְחָיָיtogetherיַחַדthey mass themselvesיִתְמַלָּאוּןagainst me.עָלַי
Job 16:10
Study it in the app“They open wide their mouth against me; with reproach they strike my cheeks; together they mass themselves against me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 16:10, word by word
- They open wideפָּעֲרוּpaaru
open wide
To open the mouth wide.
Where else “paaru” appears- their mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- with reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appears- they strikeהִכּוּhiku
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “hiku” appears- my cheeksלְחָיָlechaya
cheek
The soft side of the face, where one is struck or caressed.
Where else “lechaya” appears- togetherיַחַדyachad
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachad” appears- they mass themselvesיִתְמַלָּאוּyitmalau
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “yitmalau” appears
The context
9His anger tears and bears a grudge against me; he gnashes his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes at me.
10 · This verse (above)
11El hands me over to the perverse, and into the hands of the wicked he throws me.