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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 3:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 3:127 words
HebrewMeaning
מַ֭דּוּעַmadwʿa
howparticleH4069
wherefore · why
קִדְּמ֣וּ/נִיqidəmwniy
come (goverbH6923
) before · disappoint · meet · prevent
בִרְכָּ֑יִםbirəkāyim
kneenounH1290
וּ/מַהwmah
how (longconjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִםšādayim
breastnounH7699
pap · teat
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִינָֽקʾiynāq
milchverbH3243
nurse · (give · make to) suck(-ing child · -ling)
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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