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Commentary for Job 5:16

וַתְּהִ֣י לַדַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃

So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Rashi on Job

and libel Heb. ועלתה. The libel (עלילה) and the wickedness, as (Ps. 64:7), “They search for false charges,” equivalent to עלילות, libels.
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Rashi on Job

shut Heb. קפצה, shut, as (Deut. 15:7), “nor shut (תקפץ).”
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