Job 33:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּחֲל֤וֹם ׀ חֶזְי֬וֹן לַ֗יְלָה בִּנְפֹ֣ל תַּ֭רְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִׁ֑ים בִּ֝תְנוּמ֗וֹת עֲלֵ֣י מִשְׁכָּֽב׃

Transliteration

baḥălôm ḥezyôn laylâ binpōl tardēmâ 'al-ʾănāšîm bitnûmôt 'ălê miškāb

Grammar Details

*baḥălôm*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in a dream
*ḥezyôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - vision of
*laylâ*: noun, masculine singular - night
*binpōl*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - when falls
*tardēmâ*: noun, feminine singular - deep sleep
*'al*: preposition - upon
*ʾănāšîm*: noun, masculine plural - men
*bitnûmôt*: preposition + noun, feminine plural - in slumberings
*'ălê*: preposition - upon
*miškāb*: noun, masculine singular - bed

Word Meanings

*ḥălôm*: dream/dreaming
*ḥezyôn*: vision/revelation/sight
*binpōl*: when falls/when descends/when comes
*tardēmâ*: deep sleep/trance/stupor
*ʾănāšîm*: men/people/mankind
*tnûmôt*: slumberings/drowsings/light sleep
*miškāb*: bed/couch/resting place

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Num 12:6 : 6 And he said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.
Job 4:13 : 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,
Gen 20:3 : 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
Gen 31:24 : 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Gen 15:12 : 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Jer 23:28 : 28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? saith Jehovah.
Dan 4:5 : 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Dan 8:18 : 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
Heb 1:1 : 1 God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,

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