Job

Job 7:3–4

³So I am allotted months of futility,

and nights of misery are appointed to me.

⁴When I lie down I think:

‘When will I get up?’

But the night drags on,

and I toss and turn until dawn.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So	כֵּ֤ן	kên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
I am allotted	הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי	hā·nə·ḥal·tî	Verb - Hofal - Perfect - first person common singular	H5157 get or take as a possession
months	יַרְחֵי־	yar·ḥê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3391 month
of futility	שָׁ֑וְא	šāw	Noun - masculine singular	H7723 emptiness, vanity
and nights	וְלֵיל֥וֹת	wə·lê·lō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H3915 twist, night, adversity
of misery	עָ֝מָ֗ל	‘ā·māl	Noun - masculine singular	H5999 trouble, labour, toil
are appointed	מִנּוּ־	min·nū-	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H4487 count, number, reckon, assign
to me	לִֽי׃	lî	Preposition; first person common singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I lie down	שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי	šā·ḵaḇ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7901 lie down
I think	וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי	wə·’ā·mar·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
When	מָתַ֣י	mā·ṯay	Interrogative	H4970 when?
will I get up	אָ֭קוּם	’ā·qūm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
But the night	עָ֑רֶב	‘ā·reḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H6153 (sun)set, evening
drags on	וּמִדַּד־	ū·mid·daḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H4058 measure
and I toss and turn	וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי	wə·śā·ḇa‘·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
until	עֲדֵי־	‘ă·ḏê-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
dawn	נָֽשֶׁף׃	nā·šep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H5399 twilight

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

Job 7:3 Psalm 6:6 · Ecclesiastes 1:14

Job 7:4 Deuteronomy 28:67 · Job 7:13–14 · Psalm 77:4 · Job 30:17 · Psalm 6:6 · Psalm 130:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.