Job 29:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;”

Job 29:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 29:37 words

HebrewMeaning

בְּ/הִלּ֣/וֹbəhilwō

boastpronH1984

celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···

נֵ֭ר/וֹnērwō

candlenounH5216

lamp · light

עֲלֵ֣יʿălēy

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

רֹאשִׁ֑/יrōʾšiy

bandnounH7218

beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···

לְ֝/אוֹר/וֹləʾwōrwō

brightpronH216

clear · day · light · morning ···

אֵ֣לֶךְʾēlekə

awayverbH3212

again · bear · bring · carry ···

חֹֽשֶׁךְḥōšekə

darknounH2822

night · obscurity

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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