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And he alsoוְאַףincites you to come outהֲסִיתְךָfrom the mouthמִפִּיof distressצָרinto a broad place,רַחַבwith noלֹאconstraintמוּצָקbeneath it,תַּחְתֶּיהָand what is setוְנַחַתon your tableשֻׁלְחָנְךָis fullמָלֵאof fatness.דָשֶׁן
Job 36:16
Study it in the app“And he also incites you to come out from the mouth of distress into a broad place, with no constraint beneath it, and what is set on your table is full of fatness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 36:16, word by word
- incites you to come outהֲסִיתְhasit
incite, entice
Incite: push someone to do something, especially evil; entice.
Where else “hasit” appears- from the mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- of distressצָרtsar
distress
A tight situation from which one cannot escape.
Where else “tsar” appears- into a broad placeרַחַבrachav
breadth, wide place
Width, a broad place without obstacle.
Where else “rachav” appears- constraintמוּצָקmutsak
distress, narrowness
Narrowness, a tight place; distress.
Where else “mutsak” appears- and what is setנַחַתnachat
what is set
What is put on the table to eat.
Where else “nachat” appears- on your tableשֻׁלְחָנְshulchan
table
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchan” appears- is fullמָלֵאmale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “male” appears- of fatnessדָשֶׁןdashen
fatness
The richest, most plentiful part of food, full of fat.
Where else “dashen” appears
Translation note
Verses 16 to 20 are very difficult in Hebrew; their sense is uncertain in several points.
The context
15He delivers the poor in his affliction, and in oppression he uncovers their ear.
16 · This verse (above)
17But with the judgment of the wicked you are filled; judgment and justice take hold of you.