Hebrew Interlinear

Job 2:8 Interlinear

“And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal and he sat down among the ashes”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּֽקַּֽח	H3947	And he took	to take (in the widest variety of applications)
2	ל֣וֹ	H0
3	חֶ֔רֶשׂ	H2789	him a potsherd	a piece of pottery
4	לְהִתְגָּרֵ֖ד	H1623	to scrape	to abrade
5	בּ֑וֹ	H0
6	וְה֖וּא	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
7	יֹשֵׁ֥ב	H3427	himself withal and he sat down	properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
8	בְּתוֹךְ	H8432	among	a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
9	הָאֵֽפֶר׃	H665	the ashes	ashes

Job 2:8 (current)And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal and he sat down among the ashes