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Thatהַהוּאday,הַיּוֹםlet it beיְהִיdarkness;חֹשֶׁךְmay Eloahאֱלוֹהַּaboveמִמָּעַלnotאַלseek it,יִדְרְשֵׁהוּnorוְאַלbrightnessנְהָרָהshineתּוֹפַעon it.עָלָיו
Job 3:4
Study it in the app“That day, let it be darkness; may Eloah above not seek it, nor brightness shine on it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 3:4, word by word
- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- let it beיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- may Eloahאֱלוֹהַּeloha
Eloah, god
Eloah: a name of God, the singular form of Elohim; also any god. It is used mostly in poetry.
Where else “eloha” appears- aboveמָּעַלmaal
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “maal” appears- seek itיִדְרְשֵׁyidrshe
seek
To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.
Where else “yidrshe” appears- brightnessנְהָרָהnehara
light, daylight
Brightness, the light of day. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 3:4).
Where else “nehara” appears- shineתּוֹפַעtofa
shine forth
Shine forth, shine.
Where else “tofa” appears
The context
3“Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, ‘A man is conceived.’
4 · This verse (above)
5May darkness and the shadow of death claim it; may a cloud settle on it; may the darkenings of the day terrify it.