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Elאֵלhands me overיַסְגִּירֵנִיto the perverse,אֶל עֲוִילand into the handsוְעַל יְדֵיof the wickedרְשָׁעִיםhe throws me.יִרְטֵנִי
Job 16:11
Study it in the app“El hands me over to the perverse, and into the hands of the wicked he throws me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 16:11, word by word
- Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- hands me overיַסְגִּירֵyasgire
hand over
To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.
Where else “yasgire” appears- to the perverseעֲוִילavil
wicked, unjust
A perverse man, one who acts unjustly. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 16:11).
Where else “avil” appears- and into the handsיְדֵיyede
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yede” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- he throws meיִרְטֵyirte
fling
To fling someone violently into others' hands.
Where else “yirte” appears
The context
10They open wide their mouth against me; with reproach they strike my cheeks; together they mass themselves against me.
11 · This verse (above)
12I was tranquil, and he shook me; he seized me by the neck and smashed me to pieces, and set me up for himself as a target.