Job

Job 14:10–12

¹⁰But a man dies and is laid low;

he breathes his last, and where is he?

¹¹As water disappears from the sea

and a river becomes parched and dry,

¹²so a man lies down

and does not rise.

Until the heavens are no more,

he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But a man	וְגֶ֣בֶר	wə·ḡe·ḇer	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1397 man
dies	יָ֭מוּת	yā·mūṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die
and is laid low	וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ	way·ye·ḥĕ·lāš	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2522 be weak, prostrate
he	אָדָ֣ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
breathes his last	וַיִּגְוַ֖ע	way·yiḡ·wa‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1478 expire perish, die
and where	וְאַיּֽוֹ׃	wə·’ay·yōw	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative; third person masculine singular	H335 where?

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As water	מַ֭יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
disappears	אָֽזְלוּ־	’ā·zə·lū-	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H235 go
from	מִנִּי־	min·nî-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the sea	יָ֑ם	yām	Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
and a river	וְ֝נָהָ֗ר	wə·nā·hār	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H5104 stream, river
becomes parched	יֶחֱרַ֥ב	ye·ḥĕ·raḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2717 be dry, dried up
and dry	וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃	wə·yā·ḇêš	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H3001 be dry, dried up, withered

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
so a man	וְאִ֥ישׁ	wə·’îš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
lies down	שָׁכַ֗ב	šā·ḵaḇ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7901 lie down
and does not	וְֽלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
rise	יָ֫ק֥וּם	yā·qūm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
Until	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the heavens	שָׁ֭מַיִם	šā·ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
are no more	בִּלְתִּ֣י	bil·tî	Preposition	H1115 not, except
he will not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be awakened	יָקִ֑יצוּ	yā·qî·ṣū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6974 awake
roused	יֵ֝עֹ֗רוּ	yê·‘ō·rū	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5782 rouse oneself, awake
from sleep	מִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃	miš·šə·nā·ṯām	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H8142 sleep

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 14:10 Job 19:26 · Proverbs 14:32 · Job 7:7–10 · Genesis 49:33

Job 14:11 Isaiah 19:5

Job 14:12 Job 10:21–22 · Isaiah 26:19 · Ecclesiastes 3:19–21 · Job 3:13 · 2 Peter 3:10–13 · Job 30:23 · 2 Peter 3:7 · Isaiah 51:6 · Psalm 102:26 · Isaiah 65:17 · Isaiah 66:22 · Job 7:21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.