Hebrew Interlinear

Job 16:21 Interlinear

“O that one might plead for a man with God pleadeth for his neighbour as a man ”

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Job 16 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְיוֹכַ֣ח	H3198	O that one might plead	to be right (i.e., correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
2	לְגֶ֣בֶר	H1397	for a man	properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
3	עִם	H5973		adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
4	אֱל֑וֹהַּ	H433	with God	a deity or the deity
5	וּֽבֶן	H1121	pleadeth for his neighbour	a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
6	אָדָ֥ם	H120	as a man	ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
7	לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃	H7453		an associate (more or less close)

Job 16:21 (current)O that one might plead for a man with God pleadeth for his neighbour as a man