Job 20:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּחֲל֣וֹם יָ֭עוּף וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ וְ֝יֻדַּ֗ד כְּחֶזְי֥וֹן לָֽיְלָה׃

Transliteration

ka- ḥălôm yāʿûp wĕ- lōʾ yimṣāʾûhû wĕ- yuddad kĕ- ḥezyôn lāylāh

Grammar Details

*ka-*: preposition - like/as
*ḥălôm*: noun, masculine singular - dream
*yāʿûp*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he flies away
*wĕ-*: conjunction - and
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yimṣāʾûhû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - they will find him
*yuddad*: hofal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he is chased away
*kĕ-*: preposition - like/as
*ḥezyôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - vision/apparition
*lāylāh*: noun, masculine singular - night

Word Meanings

*ḥălôm*: dream/dreaming
*yāʿûp*: flies away/soars away/vanishes
*yimṣāʾûhû*: they will find him/they will discover him/they will obtain him
*yuddad*: is chased away/is driven away/is banished
*ḥezyôn*: vision/apparition/sight
*lāylāh*: night/darkness

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 73:20 : 20 As a dream when one awaketh{H8687)}; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise{H8799)} their image.
Ps 90:5 : 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood{H8804)}; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up{H8799)}.
Isa 29:7-8 : 7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. 8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Job 18:18 : 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Job 27:21-23 : 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Ps 18:10 : 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

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