Job

Job 3:10–11

¹⁰For that night did not shut the doors of the womb

to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

¹¹Why did I not perish at birth;

why did I not die as I came from the womb?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
that night did not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
shut	סָ֭גַר	sā·ḡar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5462 shut, close
the doors	דַּלְתֵ֣י	dal·ṯê	Noun - feminine dual construct	H1817 door
of the womb	בִטְנִ֑י	ḇiṭ·nî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H990 belly, body, womb
to hide	וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר	way·yas·têr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5641 hide, conceal
the sorrow	עָ֝מָ֗ל	‘ā·māl	Noun - masculine singular	H5999 trouble, labour, toil
from my eyes	מֵעֵינָֽי׃	mê·‘ê·nāy	Preposition-m; Noun - cdc; first person common singular	H5869 eye

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	לָ֤מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
did I not perish	אָמ֑וּת	’ā·mūṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H4191 die
at birth	מֵרֶ֣חֶם	mê·re·ḥem	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H7358 womb
why did I not die	וְאֶגְוָֽע׃	wə·’eḡ·wā‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular	H1478 expire perish, die
as I came	יָצָ֣אתִי	yā·ṣā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3318 go or come out
from the womb	מִבֶּ֖טֶן	mib·be·ṭen	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H990 belly, body, womb

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

Job 3:10 Genesis 20:18 · Jeremiah 20:17 · Ecclesiastes 6:3–5

Job 3:11 Job 10:18–19 · Isaiah 46:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.