Job 8:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)”

Job 8:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 8:910 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

תְמ֣וֹלtəmwōl

yesterdayadvH8543

before · these days · heretofore · time past

אֲ֭נַחְנוּʾănaḥənw

ourselvesprepH587

us · we

וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

נֵדָ֑עnēdāʿ

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

כִּ֤יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

צֵ֖לṣēl

defencenounH6738

shade

יָמֵ֣י/נוּyāmēynw

daynounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

עֲלֵיʿălēy

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

אָֽרֶץʾāreṣ

earthnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

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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