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Let those who curseאֹרְרֵיthe dayיוֹםcurse it,יִקְּבֻהוּthose who are readyהָעֲתִידִיםto rouseעֹרֵרLeviathan.לִוְיָתָן
Job 3:8
Study it in the app“Let those who curse the day curse it, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 3:8, word by word
- Let those who curseאֹרְרֵיorre
curse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “orre” appears- the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- curse itיִקְּבֻyikvu
blaspheme
To speak ill of the Name of YHWH and curse it.
Where else “yikvu” appears- those who are readyעֲתִידִיםatidim
prepared
What is set aside beforehand.
Where else “atidim” appears- to rouseעֹרֵרorer
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “orer” appears- Leviathanלִוְיָתָןlivyatan
Leviathan
Leviathan: the name of an enormous creature of the sea, like a serpent or a sea monster. It is described in Job 41 and named in Psalms 74:14; 104:26 and Isaiah 27:1.
Where else “livyatan” appears
Translation note
“Leviathan”: the Hebrew leaves the name as it is. It is an enormous creature of the sea, described in Job 41 (see also Psalm 74:14; Isaiah 27:1).
The context
7Look, that night, let it be barren; let no shout of joy come into it.
8 · This verse (above)
9Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it hope for light and there be none, and may it not see the eyelids of the dawn,