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Job 2:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.


Job 2:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 2:1217 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּשְׂא֨וּwayiśəʾw
and they lifted upconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֵינֵי/הֶ֤םʿēynēyhem
eyes theirnounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
מֵ/רָחוֹק֙mērāḥwōq
from a distancepronH7350
off) · long ago · of old · space ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הִכִּירֻ֔/הוּhikiyruhw
they recognized himverbH5234
could · deliver · discern · dissemble ···
וַ/יִּשְׂא֥וּwayiśəʾw
and they lifted upconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
קוֹלָ֖/םqwōlām
voice theirnounH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
וַ/יִּבְכּ֑וּwayibəkw
and they weptconjH1058
at all · complain · make lamentation · more ···
וַֽ/יִּקְרְעוּ֙wayiqərəʿw
and they toreconjH7167
rend · surely · tear
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
each onenounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
מְעִל֔/וֹməʿilwō
robe hisnounH4598
coat · mantle · robe
וַ/יִּזְרְק֥וּwayizərəqw
and they sprinkledconjH2236
scatter · sprinkle · strew
עָפָ֛רʿāpār
dustnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רָאשֵׁי/הֶ֖םrāʾšēyhem
heads theirnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
הַ/שָּׁמָֽיְמָ/הhašāmāyəmāh
the heavens towardsparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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