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or ateוְאֹכַלmy morselפִּתִּיalone,לְבַדִּיand the orphanיָתוֹםdid notוְלֹאeatאָכַלfrom itמִמֶּנָּה
Job 31:17
Study it in the app“or ate my morsel alone, and the orphan did not eat from it”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:17, word by word
- or ateאֹכַלochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochal” appears- my morselפִּתִּpiti
piece, morsel
Piece, morsel, bit of bread.
Where else “piti” appears- aloneבַדִּvadi
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vadi” appears- and the orphanיָתוֹםyatom
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appears
The context
16If I withheld the poor from their desire, or wore out the eyes of the widow,
17 · This verse (above)
18—for from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and from the womb of my mother I guided her—