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ifאִםI raisedהֲנִיפוֹתִיmy handיָדִיagainstעַלthe orphan,יָתוֹםbecauseכִּיI sawאֶרְאֶהmy helpעֶזְרָתִיin the gate,בַשַּׁעַר
Job 31:21
Study it in the app“if I raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw my help in the gate,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 31:21, word by word
- I raisedהֲנִיפוֹתִיhanifoti
wield
To brandish or swing something, like a hand.
Where else “hanifoti” appears- my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- the orphanיָתוֹםyatom
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appears- I sawאֶרְאֶהere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- my helpעֶזְרָתִezrati
help
Help, aid.
Where else “ezrati” appears- in the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears
The context
20if his loins did not bless me, and he was not warmed with the fleece of my lambs,
21 · This verse (above)
22let my shoulder fall from its blade, and my arm be broken from its reed.