Job 20:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.”

Job 20:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 20:87 words

HebrewMeaning

כַּ/חֲל֣וֹםkaḥălwōm

dreampronH2472

יָ֭עוּףyāʿwp

brandishverbH5774

be faint · flee away · fly · set ···

וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִמְצָא֑וּ/הוּyiməṣāʾwhw

befallverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

וְ֝/יֻדַּ֗דwəyudad

chaseconjH5074

could not · depart · flee ( apace · away) ···

כְּ/חֶזְי֥וֹןkəḥezəywōn

visionpronH2384

לָֽיְלָהlāyəlāh

nightnounH3915

ℹWords 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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