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ButאוּלָםIאֲנִיwould seekאֶדְרֹשׁEl,אֶל אֵלand beforeוְאֶלElohimאֱלֹהִיםI would layאָשִׂיםmy cause,דִּבְרָתִי
Job 5:8
Study it in the app“But I would seek El, and before Elohim I would lay my cause,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 5:8, word by word
- Butאוּלָםulam
but, however
But, however; yet, on the contrary.
Where else “ulam” appears- would seekאֶדְרֹשׁedrosh
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “edrosh” appears- Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- I would layאָשִׂיםasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “asim” appears- my causeדִּבְרָתִdivrati
cause
The case someone brings before a judge.
Where else “divrati” appears
The context
7but the human being is born for suffering, and the sons of the flame fly high.
8 · This verse (above)
9who does great things that cannot be searched out, wonders without number;