Job 30:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּלֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה קַ֖מְתִּי בַקָּהָ֣ל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ

Transliteration

qōḏēr I hillaktî without ḥammâ, I qamtî in the qāhāl I ʾăšawwēaʿ

Grammar Details

*qōḏēr*: adjective, masculine singular - darkened/mourning
*hillaktî*: verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular - I walk about/go about
*bə-lōʾ*: preposition with negative particle - without
*ḥammâ*: noun, feminine singular - sun/heat
*qamtî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I arise/stand up
*ḇa-qqāhāl*: preposition with definite article with noun, masculine singular - in the assembly/congregation
*ʾăšawwēaʿ*: verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I cry out/call for help

Word Meanings

*qōḏēr*: darkened/mourning/in mourning apparel
*hillaktî*: walk about/go about/wander
*ḥammâ*: sun/heat/sunlight
*qamtî*: arise/stand up/get up
*qāhāl*: assembly/congregation/community
*ʾăšawwēaʿ*: cry out/call for help/plead

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:9 : 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Ps 43:2 : 2 For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Ps 38:6 : 6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Job 19:7 : 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
Isa 53:3-4 : 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Lam 3:1-3 : 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light. 3 Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.

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