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I callקָרָאתִיto my slave,לְעַבְדִּיand he does notוְלֹאanswer;יַעֲנֶהwith my mouthבְּמוֹ פִיI plead with him.אֶתְחַנֶּן לוֹ
Job 19:16
Study it in the app“I call to my slave, and he does not answer; with my mouth I plead with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 19:16, word by word
- I callקָרָאתִיkarati
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “karati” appears- to my slaveעַבְדִּavdi
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avdi” appears- answerיַעֲנֶהyaane
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaane” appears- with my mouthבְּמוֹbemo
in, with, by
A poetic particle meaning "in," "with," "by."
Where else “bemo” appears- with my mouthפִfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- I plead with himאֶתְחַנֶּןetchanen
plead
To beg someone for mercy.
Where else “etchanen” appears
The context
15Those who reside in my house and my female slaves count me as a stranger; a foreigner I have become in their eyes.
16 · This verse (above)
17My breath is strange to my wife, and I plead with the sons of my belly.