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Job 16:20

“My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

לוּץlûwts · loots
H3887 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
Grammar: מְלִיצַ֥ — verb Hiphil, active participle, masculine, plural, construct
י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HVhrmpc/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 27 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 42:23 2 Chronicles 32:31 Job 33:23 Psalms 1:1 Psalms 119:51

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לוּץ here.

Verse 19 Verse 21

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.