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Job 3:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?”

Job 3:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 3:127 words
HebrewMeaning
מַ֭דּוּעַmadwʿa
why?particleH4069
wherefore · why
קִדְּמ֣וּ/נִיqidəmwniy
did they receive meverbH6923
) before · disappoint · meet · prevent
בִרְכָּ֑יִםbirəkāyim
kneesnounH1290
וּ/מַהwmah
and why?conjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִםšādayim
breastsnounH7699
pap · teat
כִּ֣יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִינָֽקʾiynāq
I will suckleverbH3243
nurse · (give · make to) suck(-ing child · -ling)
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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