Job 4:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּ֭שְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹת לָ֑יְלָה בִּנְפֹ֥ל תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗ה עַל־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃

Transliteration

In bi-śəʿippîm from mē-ḥezyônôt lāylāh in bi-nəpōl tardēmāh upon ʿal-ʾănāšîm

Grammar Details

*bi-śəʿippîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - in disquieting thoughts
*mē-ḥezyônôt*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - from visions of
*lāylāh*: noun, masculine singular - night
*bi-nəpōl*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - in falling of
*tardēmāh*: noun, feminine singular - deep sleep
*ʿal-ʾănāšîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - upon men

Word Meanings

*śəʿippîm*: disquieting thoughts/branches/divided opinions
*ḥezyônôt*: visions/sights/revelations
*lāylāh*: night/evening/darkness
*nəpōl*: falling/dropping/happening
*tardēmāh*: deep sleep/trance
*ʾănāšîm*: men/people/mankind

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Referenced Verses

Gen 2:21 : 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Gen 15:12 : 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Job 33:14-16 : 14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
Dan 2:19 : 19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Dan 2:28-29 : 28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; 29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
Dan 4:5 : 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Dan 8:18 : 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
Dan 10:9 : 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
Gen 20:3 : 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
Gen 28:12 : 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Gen 31:24 : 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Gen 46:2 : 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
Num 12:6 : 6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
Num 22:19-20 : 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more. 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

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