Job 4:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?”

Job 4:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 4:28 words

HebrewMeaning

הֲ/נִסָּ֬הhănisāh

adventureparticleH5254

assay · prove · tempt · try

דָבָ֣רdābār

wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

אֵלֶ֣י/ךָʾēleykā

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

תִּלְאֶ֑הtiləʾeh

faintverbH3811

grieve · lothe · (be · make) weary

וַ/עְצֹ֥רwaʿəṣōr

close upconjH6113

be able · detain · fast · keep (self close ···

בְּ֝/מִלִּ֗יןbəmiliyn

by-wordpronH4405

answer · matter · any thing to say · to speak ···

מִ֣יmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יוּכָֽלywkāl

be ableverbH3201

any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···

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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