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Show me favor,חָנֻּנִיshow me favor,חָנֻּנִיyouאַתֶּםmy companions,רֵעָיforכִּיthe handיַדof Eloahאֱלוֹהַּhas touched me.נָגְעָה בִּי
Job 19:21
Study it in the app“Show me favor, show me favor, you my companions, for the hand of Eloah has touched me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 19:21, word by word
- Show me favorחָנֻּchanu
show favor
To treat someone with undeserved kindness.
Where else “chanu” appears- my companionsרֵעָrea
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “rea” appears- the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of 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- has touched meנָגְעָהnaga
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “naga” appears
Translation note
“Has touched me”: the same verb with which the Satan asked, “touch all that he has” (1:11), “touch his bone and his flesh” (2:5).
The context
20My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21 · This verse (above)
22Why do you pursue me like El, and are not satisfied with my flesh?