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althoughעַלthere is noלֹאviolenceחָמָסin my palms,בְּכַפָּיand my prayerוּתְפִלָּתִיis pure.זַכָּה
Job 16:17
Study it in the app“although there is no violence in my palms, and my prayer is pure.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 16:17, word by word
- violenceחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- in my palmsכַפָּchapa
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chapa” appears- and my prayerתְפִלָּתִtefilati
prayer
Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.
Where else “tefilati” appears- is pureזַכָּהzaka
pure
Pure, clean, unmixed.
Where else “zaka” appears
The context
16My face is red from weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death,
17 · This verse (above)
18Earth, do not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my outcry.