Encyclopedia of The Bible – Umpire
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Umpire

UMPIRE (מﯴכִ֑יחַ). A mediator or an arbiter (Job 9:33; KJV DAYSMAN). Job expresses a longing for someone to mediate the conflict between God and himself. That longing of the human heart was fulfilled in the Incarnation.