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

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1וַיִּשְׂא֥וּH5375And when they lifted upto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
2אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3עֵֽינֵיהֶ֤םH5869their eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
4מֵֽרָחוֹק֙H7350afar offremote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
5וְלֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
6הִכִּירֻ֔הוּH5234and knewproperly, to scrutinize, i.e., look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (
7וַיִּשְׂא֥וּH5375And when they lifted upto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
8קוֹלָ֖םH6963their voicea voice or sound
9וַיִּבְכּ֑וּH1058and weptto weep; generally to bemoan
10וַֽיִּקְרְעוּ֙H7167and they rentto rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
11אִ֣ישׁH376every onea 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)
12מְעִל֔וֹH4598his mantlea robe (i.e., upper and outer garment)
13וַיִּזְרְק֥וּH2236and sprinkledto sprinkle (fluid or solid particles)
14עָפָ֛רH6083dustdust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
15עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
16רָֽאשֵׁיהֶ֖םH7218upon their headsthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
17הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃H8064toward heaventhe 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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Job 2:11heard three friends Now when Job's ...
Job 2:12 (current)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
Job 2:13So they sat down with him upon the ground and seven days and seven...

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