Job 9:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־יִ֭תְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁ֣ב רוּחִ֑י כִּ֥י יַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗נִי מַמְּרֹרִֽים׃

Transliteration

lōʾ-yittənēnî hāšēb rûḥî kî yaśbîʿanî mamrōrîm

Grammar Details

*lōʾ-yittənēnî*: negative particle + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he will not allow me
*hāšēb*: hiphil infinitive construct - to return/recover
*rûḥî*: feminine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my breath
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*yaśbîʿanî*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he fills me
*mamrōrîm*: masculine plural noun - with bitterness

Word Meanings

*yittənēnî*: to give, allow, permit
*hāšēb*: to return, bring back, restore
*rûḥî*: breath, spirit, wind
*yaśbîʿanî*: to satisfy, fill, satiate
*mamrōrîm*: bitter things, bitterness

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 7:19 : 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Lam 3:15 : 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Lam 3:18-19 : 18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: 19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Heb 12:11 : 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Job 3:20 : 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 27:2 : 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
Ps 39:13 : 13 O spare me, that I may recover strength{H8686)}, before I go hence{H8799)}, and be no more.
Ps 88:7 : 7 Thy wrath lieth hard{H8804)} upon me, and thou hast afflicted{H8765)} me with all thy waves. Selah.
Ps 88:15-18 : 15 I am afflicted and ready to die{H8802)} from my youth up: while I suffer{H8804)} thy terrors I am distracted{H8799)}. 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over{H8804)} me; thy terrors have cut me off{H8768)}. 17 They came round about{H8804)} me daily like water; they compassed{H8689)} me about together. 18 Lover{H8802)} and friend hast thou put far{H8689)} from me, and mine acquaintance{H8794)} into darkness.
Lam 3:3 : 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

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