Job 3:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.”

Job 3:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 3:169 words

HebrewMeaning

א֤וֹʾwō

alsoconjH176

and · either · if · at the least ···

כְ/נֵ֣פֶלkənēpel

untimely birthpronH5309

טָ֭מוּןṭāmwn

hideverbH2934

lay privily · in secret

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אֶהְיֶ֑הʾehəyeh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

כְּ֝/עֹלְלִ֗יםkəʿōləliym

babepronH5768

child · infant · little one

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

רָ֥אוּrāʾw

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

אֽוֹרʾwōr

brightnounH216

clear · day · light · morning ···

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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