Lexicon
הָכַר
ha.khar
H1970
H:V Hebrew

to wrong

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Hebrew
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ha.khar describes an accusation of being wronged or treated unjustly by others.

The sole attested use places the verb in Job's complaint that others have humiliated and wronged him, expressing mistreatment directed against him.

Senses in use

  1. Wronging someone through mistreatment · dominant

    In Job 19:3, the Hiphil imperfect second masculine plural form addresses a group whose repeated humiliation of the speaker is followed by the charge that they wrong him; the APB renders the clause, "you wrong me."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 19:3, the APB presents the accusation with "you wrong me" after describing repeated humiliation. It confirms the clause's overall charge rather than isolating every nuance of the Hebrew form.

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