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And he has made meוְהִצִּגַנִיa bywordלִמְשֹׁלof peoples,עַמִּיםand spittingוְתֹפֶתin the faceלְפָנִיםI am.אֶהְיֶה
Job 17:6
Study it in the app“And he has made me a byword of peoples, and spitting in the face I am.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 17:6, word by word
- And he has made meהִצִּגַhitsiga
set, place
Set, place, leave in position.
Where else “hitsiga” appears- a bywordמְשֹׁלmeshol
byword
A byword, a saying of mockery: someone of whom people speak scornfully. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 17:6).
Where else “meshol” appears- of peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- and spittingתֹפֶתtofet
spitting, contempt
A word of uncertain sense: "spitting" or "an object of contempt." It appears only once in the Bible (Job 17:6).
Where else “tofet” appears- in the faceפָנִיםfanim
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fanim” appears- I amאֶהְיֶהehye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehye” appears
Translation note
“Spitting in the face”: others understand the word as “an object of contempt” to one’s face.
The context
5He who for a share denounces companions, the eyes of his children will fail.
6 · This verse (above)
7And my eye has grown dim from vexation, and my limbs are like a shadow, all of them.