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Surelyאִם לֹאthere are mockeriesהֲתֻלִיםwith me,עִמָּדִיand on their provocationsוּבְהַמְּרוֹתָםmy eyeעֵינִיspends the night.תָּלַן
Job 17:2
Study it in the app“Surely there are mockeries with me, and on their provocations my eye spends the night.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 17:2, word by word
- there are mockeriesהֲתֻלִיםhatulim
mockers, mockery
Mockery, mockers. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 17:2).
Where else “hatulim” appears- with meעִמָּדִimadi
with me
With me, beside me.
Where else “imadi” appears- and on their provocationsהַמְּרוֹתָhamrota
rebel
Rebel, resist what is commanded.
Where else “hamrota” appears- my eyeעֵינִeni
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “eni” appears- spends the nightתָּלַןtalan
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “talan” appears
The context
1My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished; the graves are for me.
2 · This verse (above)
3Lay down my pledge, please; be surety for me with yourself. Who is he that will strike hands with me?