Hebrew Interlinear
Job 3:20 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Job 3:20, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“ given to him that is in misery Wherefore is light and life unto the bitter in soul”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לָ֤מָּה | H4100 | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and | |
| 2 | יִתֵּ֣ן | H5414 | given | to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) |
| 3 | לְעָמֵ֣ל | H6001 | to him that is in misery | toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful |
| 4 | א֑וֹר | H216 | Wherefore is light | illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) |
| 5 | וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים | H2416 | and life | alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin |
| 6 | לְמָ֣רֵי | H4751 | unto the bitter | bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly |
| 7 | נָֽפֶשׁ׃ | H5315 | in soul | properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment |
Verse Context
Job 3:19The small and great are there and the servant is free...
Job 3:20 (current) given to him that is in misery Wherefore is light and life unto the bitter in soul
Job 3:21Which long for death but it cometh not and dig for it more than for hid treasures...