Job 16:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פָּעֲר֬וּ עָלַ֨י ׀ בְּפִיהֶ֗ם בְּ֭חֶרְפָּה הִכּ֣וּ לְחָיָ֑י יַ֝֗חַד עָלַ֥י יִתְמַלָּאֽוּן׃

Transliteration

pāʿărû ʿālay bə-pîhem bə-ḥerpāh hikkû ləḥāyāy yaḥad ʿālay yitmallāʾûn

Grammar Details

*pāʿărû*: Qal perfect 3rd plural - they have opened wide
*ʿālay*: preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me
*bə-pîhem*: preposition + noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - with their mouth
*bə-ḥerpāh*: preposition + noun feminine singular - with reproach
*hikkû*: Hiphil perfect 3rd plural - they smite
*ləḥāyāy*: noun feminine dual + 1st singular suffix - my cheeks
*yaḥad*: adverb - together
*yitmallāʾûn*: Hithpael imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they gather themselves

Word Meanings

*pāʿărû*: to open wide, gape
*pîhem*: mouth, speech
*ḥerpāh*: reproach, shame, disgrace
*hikkû*: to strike, smite, hit
*ləḥāyāy*: cheek, jaw
*yaḥad*: together, alike, all together
*yitmallāʾûn*: to fill themselves, gather themselves

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Referenced Verses

Ps 22:13 : 13 They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.
Ps 35:15 : 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:
Acts 23:2 : 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
Isa 50:6 : 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Lam 3:30 : 30 Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.
Mic 5:1 : 1 Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
Ps 22:16-17 : 16 For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.
1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee?
2 Cor 11:20 : 20 For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you [captive], if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.
Ps 35:21 : 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
Ps 94:21 : 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
2 Chr 18:23 : 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee?
Matt 26:67 : 67 Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,
Luke 23:35-36 : 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen. 36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, offering him vinegar,
John 18:22 : 22 And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
Acts 4:27 : 27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

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