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that he may argueוְיוֹכַחfor a manלְגֶבֶרwithעִםEloah,אֱלוֹהַּas a sonוּבֶןof manאָדָםfor his companion.לְרֵעֵהוּ
Job 16:21
Study it in the app“that he may argue for a man with Eloah, as a son of man for his companion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 16:21, word by word
- that he may argueיוֹכַחyochach
argue
To lay out the case before someone to reason with him.
Where else “yochach” appears- for a manגֶבֶרgever
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appears- Eloahאֱלוֹהַּeloha
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- as a sonבֶןven
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ven” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- for his companionרֵעֵree
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “ree” appears
The context
20Those who mock me are my companions; toward Eloah my eye drips,
21 · This verse (above)
22For years that are numbered will come, and on a path from which I will not return I will go.