Hebrew Interlinear

Job 3:20 Interlinear

“ given to him that is in misery Wherefore is light and life unto the bitter in soul”

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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

Job 3:20 (current) given to him that is in misery Wherefore is light and life unto the bitter in soul