Job

Job 3:20

²⁰Why is light given to the miserable,

and life to the bitter of soul,

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	לָ֤מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
is light	א֑וֹר	’ō·wr	Noun - common singular	H216 light
given	יִתֵּ֣ן	yit·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
to the miserable	לְעָמֵ֣ל	lə·‘ā·mêl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H6001 labourer, sufferer
and life	וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים	wə·ḥay·yîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living
to the bitter	לְמָ֣רֵי	lə·mā·rê	Preposition-l; Adjective - masculine plural construct	H4751 bitter, bitterness
of soul	נָֽפֶשׁ׃	nā·p̄eš	Noun - feminine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.