Job 3:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֤ה הַלַּ֣יְלָה הַ֭הוּא יְהִ֣י גַלְמ֑וּד אַל־תָּבֹ֖א רְנָנָ֣ה בֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

hinnēh hallaylâ hahûʾ yəhî galmûd ʾal-tābōʾ rənānâ bô

Grammar Details

*hinnēh*: interjection - behold
*hallaylâ*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the night
*hahûʾ*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - that
*yəhî*: verb, Qal jussive, 3rd masculine singular - let it be
*galmûd*: adjective, masculine singular - barren/desolate
*ʾal-tābōʾ*: negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd feminine singular - let not enter
*rənānâ*: noun, feminine singular - joyful cry
*bô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in it

Word Meanings

*hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*yəhî*: let it be/may it become
*galmûd*: barren/desolate/sterile/solitary
*tābōʾ*: enter/come/arrive
*rənānâ*: joyful cry/shout of joy/singing

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 13:20-22 : 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isa 24:8 : 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Jer 7:34 : 34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Rev 18:22-23 : 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

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