Job 33:30

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְהָשִׁ֣יב נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־שָׁ֑חַת לֵ֝א֗וֹר בְּא֣וֹר הַֽחַיִּים׃

Transliteration

ləhāšîb napšô minnî-šāḥat lē'ôr bə'ôr haḥayyîm

Grammar Details

*ləhāšîb*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to bring back
*napšô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul
*minnî*: preposition - from
*šāḥat*: noun, feminine singular - pit
*lē'ôr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to enlighten/illuminate
*bə'ôr*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - with light of
*haḥayyîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the living

Word Meanings

*ləhāšîb*: to bring back/to return/to restore
*napšô*: his soul/his life/his being
*šāḥat*: pit/grave/corruption
*lē'ôr*: to enlighten/to illuminate/to be enlightened
*ʾôr*: light/illumination/daylight
*ḥayyîm*: life/living/alive

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 56:13 : 13 For thou hast delivered{H8689)} my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk{H8692)} before God in the light of the living?
Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Ps 118:17-18 : 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. 18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Isa 2:5 : 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Job 33:24 : 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Job 33:28 : 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Ps 40:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, A Psalm of David. I waited{H8765)} patiently{H8763)} for the LORD; and he inclined{H8799)} unto me, and heard{H8799)} my cry. 2 He brought me up{H8686)} also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set{H8686)} my feet upon a rock, and established{H8790)} my goings.

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