Job 30:31

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים

Transliteration

And wayəhî to ʾēḇel my kinnōrî, and my ʿuḡāḇî to qôl bōḵîm

Grammar Details

*wayəhî*: conjunction with verb, qal imperfect apocopated, 3rd person masculine singular - and it becomes/it is
*lə-ʾēḇel*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - to mourning
*kinnōrî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my harp/lyre
*wə-ʿuḡāḇî*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my flute/pipe
*lə-qôl*: preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - for voice of
*bōḵîm*: verb, qal participle, masculine plural - weeping ones

Word Meanings

*wayəhî*: becomes/is/turns into
*ʾēḇel*: mourning/lamentation
*kinnōrî*: my harp/my lyre
*ʿuḡāḇî*: my flute/my pipe/my reed instrument
*qôl*: voice/sound
*bōḵîm*: weeping ones/those who weep

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lam 5:15 : 15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Dan 6:18 : 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Ps 137:1-4 : 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Isa 21:4 : 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Isa 24:7-9 : 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

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