Job 7:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי מָתַ֣י אָ֭קוּם וּמִדַּד־עָ֑רֶב וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף

Transliteration

If shāḵaḇtî and 'āmartî when 'āqûm and middaḏ-'āreḇ and śāḇa'tî nĕḏuḏîm until-nāshef

Grammar Details

*'im*: conjunction - if/when
*shāḵaḇtî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I lie down
*wĕ*: conjunction - and
*'āmartî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I say
*māṯay*: interrogative adverb - when?
*'āqûm*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will arise/get up
*û*: conjunction - and
*middaḏ*: verb, piel infinitive construct - measuring/stretching
*'āreḇ*: noun, masculine singular - evening
*śāḇa'tî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I am full/satisfied
*nĕḏuḏîm*: noun, masculine plural - tossings/restlessness
*'ăḏê*: preposition - until
*nāshef*: noun, masculine singular - twilight/dawn

Word Meanings

*shāḵaḇtî*: I lie down/I go to bed
*'āmartî*: I say/I think
*'āqûm*: I will arise/I will get up
*middaḏ*: measuring/stretching/extending
*'āreḇ*: evening/sunset
*śāḇa'tî*: I am full/I am satisfied/I have had enough
*nĕḏuḏîm*: tossings/restlessness/being tossed about
*nāshef*: twilight/dawn/dusk

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 28:67 : 67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Job 7:13-14 : 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
Job 17:12 : 12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Job 30:17 : 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
Ps 6:6 : 6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Ps 77:4 : 4 Thou holdest{H8804)} mine eyes waking: I am so troubled{H8738)} that I cannot speak{H8762)}.
Ps 109:23 : 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Ps 130:6 : 6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Isa 54:11 : 11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

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