Hebrew Interlinear

Job 19:17 Interlinear

My breath is strange to my wife for the children's sake of mine own body

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1ר֭וּחִֽיH7307My breathwind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
2זָ֣רָהH2114is strangeto turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
3לְאִשְׁתִּ֑יH802to my wifea woman
4וְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗יH2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e., move to favor by petition)
5לִבְנֵ֥יH1121for the children'sa son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
6בִטְנִֽי׃H990sake of mine own bodythe belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything

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