Job 3:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:”

Job 3:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 3:910 words

HebrewMeaning

יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮yeḥəšəkw

be blackverbH2821

be dark · darken · cause darkness · be dim ···

כּוֹכְבֵ֪יkwōkəbēy

starnounH3556

נִ֫שְׁפּ֥/וֹnišəpwō

darknounH5399

dawning of the day · night · twilight

יְקַוyəqaw

gatherverbH6960

look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···

לְ/א֥וֹרləʾwōr

brightpronH216

clear · day · light · morning ···

וָ/אַ֑יִןwāʾayin

elseconjH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

וְ/אַלwəʾal

nayconjH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

יִ֝רְאֶ֗הyirəʾeh

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

בְּ/עַפְעַפֵּיbəʿapəʿapēy

dawningpronH6079

eye-lid

שָֽׁחַרšāḥar

daynounH7837

early · light · morning · whence riseth

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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