Job 3:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮ כּוֹכְבֵ֢י נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ יְקַו־לְא֥וֹר וָאַ֑יִן וְאַל־יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃

Transliteration

yeḥšəkû kôkəbê nišpô yəqaw-ləʾôr wāʾāyin wəʾal-yirʾeh bəʿapʿappê-šāḥar

Grammar Details

*yeḥšəkû*: verb, Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine plural - let them grow dark
*kôkəbê*: noun, masculine plural construct - stars of
*nišpô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its twilight
*yəqaw-ləʾôr*: verb, Piel imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + noun - let it wait for light
*wāʾāyin*: conjunction + particle of negation - but there is none
*wəʾal-yirʾeh*: conjunction + negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine singular - and let it not see
*bəʿapʿappê-šāḥar*: preposition + noun, feminine dual construct + noun - in the eyelids of dawn

Word Meanings

*yeḥšəkû*: grow dark/be darkened/become black
*kôkəbê*: stars of/constellations of
*nišpô*: its twilight/its dusk
*yəqaw*: wait for/hope for/look for
*wāʾāyin*: but there is none/but it is not
*yirʾeh*: see/look upon/perceive
*ʿapʿappê-šāḥar*: eyelids of dawn/rays of morning

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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High concordance with source wording
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Referenced Verses

Job 41:18 : 18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Jer 8:15 : 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Jer 13:16 : 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Job 30:26 : 26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

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