Job 42:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 42:56 words

HebrewMeaning

לְ/שֵֽׁמַעləšēmaʿ

to the hearing ofpronH8088

fame · hear · loud · report ···

אֹ֥זֶןʾōzen

the earnounH241

advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···

שְׁמַעְתִּ֑י/ךָšəmaʿətiykā

I had heard of youverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

וְ֝/עַתָּ֗הwəʿatāh

and nowconjH6258

now · straightway · this time · whereas

עֵינִ֥/יʿēyniy

eye mynounH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

רָאָֽתְ/ךָrāʾātəkā

it has seen youverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

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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Aisha MbekiNote2mo ago

I Had Heard of You by the Hearing of the Ear

After God's speech and after Job has finally stopped demanding answers, Job says: 'I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.' There's a shift from intellectual knowledge t...