Job 3:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֤ה הַלַּ֣יְלָה הַ֭הוּא יְהִ֣י גַלְמ֑וּד אַל־תָּבֹ֖א רְנָנָ֣ה בֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

hinnēh hallaylâ hahûʾ yəhî galmûd ʾal-tābōʾ rənānâ bô

Grammar Details

*hinnēh*: interjection - behold
*hallaylâ*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the night
*hahûʾ*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - that
*yəhî*: verb, Qal jussive, 3rd masculine singular - let it be
*galmûd*: adjective, masculine singular - barren/desolate
*ʾal-tābōʾ*: negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd feminine singular - let not enter
*rənānâ*: noun, feminine singular - joyful cry
*bô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in it

Word Meanings

*hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*yəhî*: let it be/may it become
*galmûd*: barren/desolate/sterile/solitary
*tābōʾ*: enter/come/arrive
*rənānâ*: joyful cry/shout of joy/singing

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 13:20-22 : 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there. 22 And wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isa 24:8 : 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Jer 7:34 : 34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.
Rev 18:22-23 : 22 And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft, shall be found any more at all in thee; and the voice of a mill shall be heard no {G3361} more at all in thee; 23 and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.

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