Job 16:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַפּ֤וֹ טָרַ֨ף ׀ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֵ֗נִי חָרַ֣ק עָלַ֣י בְּשִׁנָּ֑יו צָרִ֓י ׀ יִלְט֖וֹשׁ עֵינָ֣יו לִֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾappô ṭārap wə-yiśṭəmēnî ḥāraq ʿālay bə-šinnāyw ṣārî yilṭôš ʿênāyw lî

Grammar Details

*ʾappô*: noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his anger
*ṭārap*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he has torn
*wə-yiśṭəmēnî*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and he hates me
*ḥāraq*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he gnashes
*ʿālay*: preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me
*bə-šinnāyw*: preposition + noun feminine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with his teeth
*ṣārî*: noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my adversary
*yilṭôš*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he sharpens
*ʿênāyw*: noun feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his eyes
*lî*: preposition + 1st singular suffix - at me

Word Meanings

*ʾappô*: nose, anger, face
*ṭārap*: to tear, rend, pluck
*yiśṭəmēnî*: to hate, bear a grudge
*ḥāraq*: to gnash, grind
*šinnāyw*: teeth
*ṣārî*: adversary, enemy, foe
*yilṭôš*: to sharpen, whet
*ʿênāyw*: eyes

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Referenced Verses

Ps 35:16 : 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Lam 2:16 : 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Job 13:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Job 18:4 : 4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Job 19:11 : 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
Ps 37:12 : 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth{H8802)} upon him with his teeth.
Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Job 10:16-17 : 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
Acts 7:54 : 54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Mic 7:8 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider{H8798)} this, ye that forget{H8802)} God, lest I tear you in pieces{H8799)}, and there be none to deliver{H8688)}.
Lam 3:10 : 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
Job 13:27 : 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

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