Job

Job 37:20

²⁰Should He be told that I want to speak?

Would a man ask to be swallowed up^a?

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Should He be told	הַֽיְסֻפַּר־	hay·sup·par-	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5608 count
that	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I want to speak	אֲדַבֵּ֑ר	’ă·ḏab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1696 speak
Would a man	אִ֝֗ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
ask	אָ֥מַר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to be swallowed up	יְבֻלָּֽע׃	yə·ḇul·lā‘	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.