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Job 3:1-6

1Afterאַחֲרֵי־'a.cha.rei-H310thisכֵ֗ןKhenH3651,Jobאִיּוֹב֙'i.yOvH347אֶת־'et-H853openedפָּתַ֤חpa.TachH6605his mouthפִּ֔יהוּPi.huH6310and cursedוַיְקַלֵּ֖לvay.ka.LelH7043אֶת־'et-H853the day of hisיוֹמֽוֹ׃ פyo.MoH3117birth.

2Andוַיַּ֥עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030this is what heאִיּ֗וֹב'i.YovH347saidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559:

3“May the dayי֭וֹםYomH3117of my birthאִוָּ֣לֶד'i.Va.ledH3205perishיֹ֣אבַדYoadH6,and the nightוְהַלַּ֥יְלָהve.ha.Lay.lahH3915it was saidאָ֝מַ֗ר'a.MarH559, ‘A boyגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397is conceivedהֹ֣רָהHo.rahH2029.’

4If only thatהַה֗וּאha.Hu'H1931dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117had turnedיְֽהִ֫יye.HiH1961to darknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822!May Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433aboveאַֽל־ מִמָּ֑עַל'al- mi.Ma.'alH4605 H408disregard itיִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּ וְאַל־yid.re.She.hu ve.'al-H408 H1875; may nolightנְהָרָֽה׃ne.ha.RahH5105shineתּוֹפַ֖עto.Fa'H3313upon itעָלָ֣יו'a.LavH5921.

5May darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and gloomוְ֭צַלְמָוֶתVe.tzal.ma.vetH6757reclaim itיִגְאָלֻ֡הוּyig.'a.Lu.huH1350,and a cloudעֲנָנָ֑ה'a.na.NahH6053settleתִּשְׁכָּן־tish.kon-H7931over itעָלָ֣יו'a.LavH5921;may the blacknessכִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵיkim.Ri.reiH3650of the dayיֽוֹם׃YomH3117overwhelm itיְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּye.va.'a.Tu.huH1204.

6If only darknessאֹ֥פֶל'O.felH652had takenהַהוּא֮ha.Hu'H1931that nightהַלַּ֥יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915awayיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּyi.ka.Che.HuH3947!May it notאַל־'al-H408appearיִ֭חַדְּYi.chadH2302among the daysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of the yearשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141;may it neverאַל־'al-H408be enteredיָבֹֽא׃ya.Vo'H935in anyבְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe.mis.ParH4557of the monthsיְ֝רָחִ֗יםye.ra.ChimH3391.

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