Hebrew Interlinear

Job 8:9 Interlinear

“ For we are but of yesterday and know are a shadow nothing because our days upon earth”

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Job 8 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	תְמ֣וֹל	H8543	For we are but of yesterday	properly, ago, i.e., a (short or long) time since; especially yesterday, or day before yesterday
3	אֲ֭נַחְנוּ	H587		we
4	וְלֹ֣א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
5	נֵדָ֑ע	H3045	and know	to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
6	כִּ֤י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
7	צֵ֖ל	H6738	are a shadow	shade, whether literal or figurative
8	יָמֵ֣ינוּ	H3117	nothing because our days	a 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
9	עֲלֵי	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
10	אָֽרֶץ׃	H776	upon earth	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Job 8:9 (current) For we are but of yesterday and know are a shadow nothing because our days upon earth