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May darknessחֹשֶׁךְand the shadow of deathוְצַלְמָוֶתclaim it;יִגְאָלֻהוּmay a cloudעֲנָנָהsettleתִּשְׁכָּןon it;עָלָיוmay the darkeningsכִּמְרִירֵיof the dayיוֹםterrify it.יְבַעֲתֻהוּ
Job 3:5
Study it in the app“May darkness and the shadow of death claim it; may a cloud settle on it; may the darkenings of the day terrify it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 3:5, word by word
- May darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- and the shadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתtsalmavet
deep darkness
Deep darkness: the thickest gloom. The word joins "shadow" and "death"; it is used for extreme danger, for the densest darkness and for the place of the dead.
Where else “tsalmavet” appears- claim itיִגְאָלֻyigalu
redeem
To buy back a relative or their land.
Where else “yigalu” appears- may a cloudעֲנָנָהanana
cloud
A cloud, cloud cover: a mass of clouds that covers.
Where else “anana” appears- settleתִּשְׁכָּןtishkan
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “tishkan” appears- may the darkeningsכִּמְרִירֵיkimrire
blackness, darkening
A darkening: what blackens the day. The word appears only once in the Bible (Job 3:5) and its exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “kimrire” appears- of the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- terrify itיְבַעֲתֻyevaatu
terrify, frighten
To terrify, to startle suddenly, to fill with dread.
Where else “yevaatu” appears
Translation note
“Claim it”: it is the verb that elsewhere is translated “redeem”: what the near kinsman does when he claims as his own what belongs to his family. Job asks that darkness claim that day as its own. “The darkenings of the day”: a word that appears only here; its exact sense is uncertain.
The context
4That day, let it be darkness; may Eloah above not seek it, nor brightness shine on it.
5 · This verse (above)
6That night, let gloom take it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; into the number of the months let it not come.