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I would lay outאֶעֶרְכָהmy caseמִשְׁפָּטbefore him,לְפָנָיוand fillאֲמַלֵּאmy mouthוּפִיwith arguments.תוֹכָחוֹת
Job 23:4
Study it in the app“I would lay out my case before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 23:4, word by word
- I would lay outאֶעֶרְכָהeercha
arrange
To set things in a row and in order, like bread on the table.
Where else “eercha” appears- my caseמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- and fillאֲמַלֵּאamale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “amale” appears- my mouthפִfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- with argumentsתוֹכָחוֹתtochachot
argument
The reasons someone presents to defend his cause before another.
Where else “tochachot” appears
The context
3If only I knew how to find him; I would come to his seat.
4 · This verse (above)
5I would know the words with which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.