Lexicon
תֹּ֫פֶת
to.phet
H8611
H:N-F Hebrew

spit

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to.phet denotes being made an object of spitting and public contempt in Job 17:6.

Its sole attested use describes the speaker as made an object of public contempt, expressed through spitting in Job 17:6.

Senses in use

  1. Object of public spitting and contempt · dominant

    The feminine singular absolute noun occurs in Job 17:6 after the speaker says he has been made a byword among peoples; in Job 17:6 the APB renders the following situation, "I have become one in whose face they spit."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 17:6, the APB presents the clause as "I have become one in whose face they spit." Its exact English correspondence to the noun cannot be isolated with certainty.

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