Hebrew Interlinear
Job 2:12 Interlinear
“And when they lifted up their eyes afar off and knew And when they lifted up their voice and wept and they rent every one his mantle and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ | H5375 | And when they lifted up | to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative |
| 2 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 3 | עֵֽינֵיהֶ֤ם | H5869 | their eyes | an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
| 4 | מֵֽרָחוֹק֙ | H7350 | afar off | remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition) |
| 5 | וְלֹ֣א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 6 | הִכִּירֻ֔הוּ | H5234 | and knew | properly, to scrutinize, i.e., look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or ( |
| 7 | וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ | H5375 | And when they lifted up | to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative |
| 8 | קוֹלָ֖ם | H6963 | their voice | a voice or sound |
| 9 | וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ | H1058 | and wept | to weep; generally to bemoan |
| 10 | וַֽיִּקְרְעוּ֙ | H7167 | and they rent | to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them) |
| 11 | אִ֣ישׁ | H376 | every one | a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) |
| 12 | מְעִל֔וֹ | H4598 | his mantle | a robe (i.e., upper and outer garment) |
| 13 | וַיִּזְרְק֥וּ | H2236 | and sprinkled | to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles) |
| 14 | עָפָ֛ר | H6083 | dust | dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud |
| 15 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 16 | רָֽאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם | H7218 | upon their heads | the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) |
| 17 | הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃ | H8064 | toward heaven | the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r |
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