Lexicon
עֲוִיל
a.vil
H5760
H:N-M Hebrew

unjust one

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a.vil denotes a person into whose hands Job says God delivers him.

In Job 16:11, a.vil identifies the person into whose hands Job says God delivers him; the verse places that person alongside “the wicked” in the APB rendering.

Senses in use

  1. A person receiving Job into his hands · dominant

    The masculine singular absolute noun names the person to whom Job is delivered in Job 16:11. In Job 16:11 the APB renders the clause, “God delivers me to the unjust one, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 16:11, the APB presents the person as “the unjust one,”.

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