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Evenגַּםnow,עַתָּהlook,הִנֵּהin the heavensבַשָּׁמַיִםis my witness,עֵדִיand the one who vouches for meוְשָׂהֲדִיis in the heights.בַּמְּרוֹמִים
Job 16:19
Study it in the app“Even now, look, in the heavens is my witness, and the one who vouches for me is in the heights.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 16:19, word by word
- in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- is my witnessעֵדִedi
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “edi” appears- and the one who vouches for meשָׂהֲדִsahadi
witness
A witness, one who testifies to something. A word of Aramaic origin; it appears only once in the Bible (Job 16:19).
Where else “sahadi” appears- is in the heightsמְּרוֹמִיםmeromim
height
What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.
Where else “meromim” appears
The context
18Earth, do not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my outcry.
19 · This verse (above)
20Those who mock me are my companions; toward Eloah my eye drips,