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Ifאִםindeedאָמְנָםyou magnify yourselvesתַּגְדִּילוּagainst meעָלַיand argueוְתוֹכִיחוּagainst meעָלַיwith my reproach,חֶרְפָּתִּי
Job 19:5
Study it in the app“If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and argue against me with my reproach,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 19:5, word by word
- indeedאָמְנָםamnam
truly, surely
Truly, surely: a word that strongly affirms what is said.
Where else “amnam” appears- you magnify yourselvesתַּגְדִּילוּtagdilu
exalt oneself
To exalt oneself proudly.
Where else “tagdilu” appears- and argueתוֹכִיחוּtochichu
argue
To lay out the case before someone to reason with him.
Where else “tochichu” appears- with my reproachחֶרְפָּתִּcherpati
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpati” appears
The context
4And even if indeed I have erred, my error spends the night with me.
5 · This verse (above)
6know, then, that Eloah has twisted me, and with his net has encircled me.