Hebrew Interlinear

Job 3:5 Interlinear

stain Let darkness and the shadow of death dwell it let a cloud terrify upon it let the blackness of the day

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1יִגְאָלֻ֡הוּH1350stainto redeem (according to the middle eastern law of kinship), i.e., to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his wido
2חֹ֣שֶׁךְH2822Let darknessthe dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
3וְ֭צַלְמָוֶתH6757and the shadow of deathshade of death, i.e., the grave (figuratively, calamity)
4תִּשְׁכָּןH7931dwellto reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
5עָלָ֣יוH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
6עֲנָנָ֑הH6053it let a cloudcloudiness
7יְ֝בַֽעֲתֻ֗הוּH1204terrifyto fear
8כִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵיH3650upon it let the blacknessobscuration (as if from shrinkage of light, i.e., an eclipse (only in plural)
9יֽוֹם׃H3117of the daya day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

Verse Context

Job 3:4Let that day be darkness regard...
Job 3:5 (current)stain Let darkness and the shadow of death dwell it let a cloud terrify upon it let the blackness of the day
Job 3:6As for that night seize let darkness upon it let it not be joined...

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