Hebrew word · H7536

רֹק

rok

spittle

Spit, saliva. Only three occurrences: Job 7:19 ('till I swallow my spit', meaning a moment), Job 30:10, and here.

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

spittle

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Isaiah 50:6

Range of meaning

Spit, saliva. Only three occurrences: Job 7:19 ('till I swallow my spit', meaning a moment), Job 30:10, and here.

Against the English

'Spitting' (KJV, WEB, NIV, ESV, NASB) and 'spittle' (BSB) are both accurate.

Used elsewhere in the period

Num 12:14: if a father spat in his daughter's face, she would bear the shame for seven days. Deut 25:9: the widow spits in the face of the brother-in-law who refuses to marry her, as a formal public disgrace. Job 30:10: 'they do not refrain from spitting at my face.'

Where it appears

Job · 2

  1. Job 7:19 רֻקִּֽי׃ spittle my

    Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

  2. Job 30:10 רֹֽק׃ spittle

    They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Isaiah · 1

  1. Isaiah 50:6 וָרֹֽק׃ and spittle

    I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

    Here: 'And spit.' Spitting in someone's face was the bodily sign of utter contempt (Num 12:14; Deut 25:9; Job 30:10). Placed last, it is the lowest point of the list.

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