Job

Job 7:4

⁴When I lie down I think:

‘When will I get up?’

But the night drags on,

and I toss and turn until dawn.

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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.