Job

Job 10:18–19

¹⁸Why then did You bring me from the womb?

Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

¹⁹If only I had never come to be,

but had been carried from the womb to the grave.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why then	וְלָ֣מָּה	wə·lām·māh	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
did You bring me	הֹצֵאתָ֑נִי	hō·ṣê·ṯā·nî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H3318 go or come out
from the womb	מֵ֭רֶחֶם	mê·re·ḥem	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H7358 womb
Oh	אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע	’eḡ·wa‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1478 expire perish, die
that I had died	אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע	’eḡ·wa‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1478 expire perish, die
and no	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
eye	וְעַ֣יִן	wə·‘a·yin	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular	H5869 eye
had seen me	תִרְאֵֽנִי׃	ṯir·’ê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; first person common singular	H7200 see

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If only	כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
I had never	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
come	הָיִ֣יתִי	hā·yî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
to be	אֶהְיֶ֑ה	’eh·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
but had been carried	אוּבָֽל׃	’ū·ḇāl	Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H2986 conduct, bear along
from the womb	מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן	mib·be·ṭen	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H990 belly, body, womb
to the grave	לַקֶּ֥בֶר	laq·qe·ḇer	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6913 grave, sepulchre

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Job 10:18 Jeremiah 20:14–18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.