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Forכִּיbeforeלִפְנֵיmy breadלַחְמִיmy sighingאַנְחָתִיcomes,תָבֹאand my roaringsשַׁאֲגֹתָיpour outוַיִּתְּכוּlike water.כַמַּיִם
Job 3:24
Study it in the app“For before my bread my sighing comes, and my roarings pour out like water.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 3:24, word by word
- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- my breadלַחְמִlachmi
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachmi” appears- my sighingאַנְחָתִanchati
sighing, groaning
A sigh, a groan: the moan of one who suffers or is weary.
Where else “anchati” appears- comesתָבֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears- and my roaringsשַׁאֲגֹתָshaagota
roaring, groaning
A roar, like a lion's; also the loud groan of a person in distress.
Where else “shaagota” appears- pour outיִּתְּכוּyitchu
pour out
To gush out, like water or God's wrath.
Where else “yitchu” appears- like waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears
Translation note
“Before my bread”: it can be understood “before eating” or “in place of my food.” “Roarings”: the word for the roaring of a lion; here, cries of pain.
The context
23to the man whose way is hidden, and around whom Eloah has put a hedge?
24 · This verse (above)
25For I dreaded a dread, and it came upon me, and what I feared comes to me.