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Those who mock meמְלִיצַיare my companions;רֵעָיtowardאֶלEloahאֱלוֹהַmy eyeעֵינִיdrips,דָּלְפָה
Job 16:20
Study it in the app“Those who mock me are my companions; toward Eloah my eye drips,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 16:20, word by word
- Those who mock meמְלִיצַmelitsa
scoff
To laugh at what is serious with contempt; the scoffer rejects correction.
Where else “melitsa” appears- are my companionsרֵעָrea
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “rea” appears- Eloahאֱלוֹהַeloha
Eloah, god
Eloah: a name of God, the singular form of Elohim; also any god. It is used mostly in poetry.
Where else “eloha” appears- my eyeעֵינִeni
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “eni” appears- dripsדָּלְפָהdalfa
drip, weep
To drip; of the eyes, to shed tears.
Where else “dalfa” appears
Translation note
“Those who mock me”: the Hebrew word also means “interpreter, intercessor” (Genesis 42:23); it can be understood as “my intercessor is my friend.”
The context
19Even now, look, in the heavens is my witness, and the one who vouches for me is in the heights.
20 · This verse (above)
21that he may argue for a man with Eloah, as a son of man for his companion.