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I wasהָיִיתִיtranquil,שָׁלֵוand he shook me;וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִיhe seized meוְאָחַזby the neckבְּעָרְפִּיand smashed me to pieces,וַיְפַצְפְּצֵנִיand set me upוַיְקִימֵנִיfor himselfלוֹas a target.לְמַטָּרָה
Job 16:12
Study it in the app“I 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 16:12, word by word
- I wasהָיִיתִיhayiti
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayiti” appears- tranquilשָׁלֵוshalev
at ease, secure
At ease: living in peace and without alarm. In a bad sense, careless, overconfident.
Where else “shalev” appears- and he shook meיְפַרְפְּרֵyefarpre
split
To split in two, like the sea.
Where else “yefarpre” appears- he seized meאָחַזachaz
seize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “achaz” appears- by the neckעָרְפִּarpi
neck
The back of the head, where the shoulders start.
Where else “arpi” appears- and smashed me to piecesיְפַצְפְּצֵyefatsptse
shatter
To break something hard into pieces.
Where else “yefatsptse” appears- and set me upיְקִימֵyekime
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yekime” appears- as a targetמַטָּרָהmatara
target
The mark that arrows are aimed at; also the one shot at.
Where else “matara” appears
The context
11El hands me over to the perverse, and into the hands of the wicked he throws me.
12 · This verse (above)
13His archers surround me; he splits open my kidneys and does not have compassion; he pours out my gall on the ground.