Job 16:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶ֭רֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑י וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י מָ֝ק֗וֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾereṣ ʾal-təkassî dāmî wə-ʾal-yəhî māqôm ləzaʿăqātî

Grammar Details

*ʾereṣ*: noun feminine singular - earth
*ʾal-təkassî*: negative particle + Piel imperfect 2nd feminine singular jussive - do not cover
*dāmî*: noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my blood
*wə-ʾal-yəhî*: conjunction + negative particle + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - and let there not be
*māqôm*: noun masculine singular - place
*ləzaʿăqātî*: preposition + noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - for my cry

Word Meanings

*ʾereṣ*: earth, land, ground
*təkassî*: to cover, conceal, hide
*dāmî*: blood
*yəhî*: to be, exist, happen
*māqôm*: place, spot, location
*zaʿăqātî*: cry, outcry

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Referenced Verses

Isa 26:21 : 21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Ezek 24:7 : 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
Gen 4:11 : 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard{H8804)} iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear{H8799)} me: 19 But verily God hath heard{H8804)} me; he hath attended{H8689)} to the voice of my prayer.
Isa 1:15 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Neh 4:5 : 5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
Job 27:9 : 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Jas 4:3-4 : 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Isa 58:9-9 : 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
Jer 22:29 : 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

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