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Nightלַיְלָהthey turnיָשִׂימוּinto day:לְיוֹם‘Lightאוֹרis near,’קָרוֹבthey say, in the face ofמִפְּנֵיdarkness.חֹשֶׁךְ
Job 17:12
Study it in the app“Night they turn into day: ‘Light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 17:12, word by word
- Nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- they turnיָשִׂימוּyasimu
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “yasimu” appears- into dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- ‘Lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- is near,’קָרוֹבkarov
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appears- they say, in the face ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears
The context
11My days have passed; my plans are torn apart, the possessions of my heart.
12 · This verse (above)
13If I hope for Sheol as my house, in darkness I spread out my bed;