Hebrew Interlinear

Job 3:16 Interlinear

“ untimely birth Or as an hidden I had not been as infants which never saw light”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	א֤וֹ	H176		desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
2	כְנֵ֣פֶל	H5309	untimely birth	something fallen, i.e., an abortion
3	טָ֭מוּן	H2934	Or as an hidden	to hide (by covering over)
4	לֹ֣א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
5	אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
6	כְּ֝עֹֽלְלִ֗ים	H5768	I had not been as infants	a suckling
7	לֹא	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
8	רָ֥אוּ	H7200	which never saw	to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
9	אֽוֹר׃	H216	light	illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

Job 3:16 (current) untimely birth Or as an hidden I had not been as infants which never saw light