Job 3:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים לַמָּ֣וֶת וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃

Transliteration

hamməḥakkîm lammāwet wəʾênenū wayyaḥpərūhû mimmaṭmônîm

Grammar Details

*hamməḥakkîm*: definite article + verb, Piel participle, masculine plural - the ones waiting
*lammāwet*: preposition with definite article + noun, masculine singular - for the death
*wəʾênenū*: conjunction + particle of negation with 3rd masculine singular suffix - but it is not
*wayyaḥpərūhû*: conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and they dig for it
*mimmaṭmônîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - more than hidden treasures

Word Meanings

*hamməḥakkîm*: the ones waiting/the ones longing
*māwet*: death/dying
*wayyaḥpərūhû*: and they dig for it/and they search for it
*maṭmônîm*: hidden treasures/buried treasures

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rev 9:6 : 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Prov 2:4 : 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Jonah 4:3 : 3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Jonah 4:8 : 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Num 11:15 : 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

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