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And you have seized me:וַתִּקְמְטֵנִיit has becomeהָיָהa witness;לְעֵדand my leannessכַחֲשִׁיrises upוַיָּקָםagainst me,בִּיit testifiesיַעֲנֶהto my face.בְּפָנַי
Job 16:8
Study it in the app“And you have seized me: it has become a witness; and my leanness rises up against me, it testifies to my face.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 16:8, word by word
- And you have seized meתִּקְמְטֵtikmte
shrivel, seize
A rare verb of uncertain sense: to shrivel, or to seize forcefully.
Where else “tikmte” appears- it has becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- a witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears- and my leannessכַחֲשִׁchachashi
leanness
A wasted body, thin.
Where else “chachashi” appears- rises upיָּקָםyakam
rise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “yakam” appears- it testifiesיַעֲנֶהyaane
testify
To speak before a judge as a witness, for or against someone.
Where else “yaane” appears- to my faceפָנַfana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fana” appears
Translation note
“You have seized me”: a rare verb whose sense is uncertain; others understand “you have filled me with wrinkles.”
The context
7But now he has wearied me; you have devastated all my community.
8 · This verse (above)
9His anger tears and bears a grudge against me; he gnashes his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes at me.