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Job 3:3-10

3Let the dayי֭וֹםYomH3117perishיֹ֣אבַדYoadH6wherein I was bornאִוָּ֣לֶד'i.Va.ledH3205,and the nightוְהַלַּ֥יְלָהve.ha.Lay.lahH3915in whichit was saidאָ֝מַ֗ר'a.MarH559,There is a man childגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397conceivedהֹ֣רָהHo.rahH2029.

4Let that dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117be darknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822;let not Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433regardיִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּyid.re.She.huH1875it from aboveמִמָּ֑עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605,neither let the lightנְהָרָֽה׃ne.ha.RahH5105shineתּוֹפַ֖עto.Fa'H3313upon it.

5Let darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and the shadow of deathוְ֭צַלְמָוֶתVe.tzal.ma.vetH6757stainיִגְאָלֻ֡הוּyig.'a.Lu.huH1350it; let a cloudעֲנָנָ֑ה'a.na.NahH6053dwellתִּשְׁכָּן־tish.kon-H7931upon it; let the blacknessכִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵיkim.Ri.reiH3650of the dayיֽוֹם׃YomH3117terrifyיְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּye.va.'a.Tu.huH1204it.

6As forthat nightהַלַּ֥יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915,let darknessאֹ֥פֶל'O.felH652seizeיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּyi.ka.Che.HuH3947upon it; let it not be joinedיִ֭חַדְּYi.chadH2302unto the daysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of the yearשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141,let it not comeיָבֹֽא׃ya.Vo'H935into the numberבְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe.mis.ParH4557of the monthsיְ֝רָחִ֗יםye.ra.ChimH3391.

7Lo, let that nightהַלַּ֣יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915be solitaryגַלְמ֑וּדgal.MudH1565,let no joyful voiceרְנָנָ֣הre.na.NahH7445comeתָּבֹ֖אta.Vo'H935therein.

8Let them curseH5344it that curseאֹרְרֵי־'o.re.rei-H779the dayי֑וֹםYomH3117,who are readyהָ֝עֲתִידִ֗יםha.'a.ti.DimH6264to raise upעֹרֵ֥ר'o.RerH5782their mourningלִוְיָתָֽן׃liv.ya.TanH3882.

9Let the starsכּוֹכְבֵ֪יkokh.VeiH3556of the twilightנִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹnish.PoH5399thereof be darkיֶחְשְׁכוּ֮yech.she.KhuH2821;let it lookיְקַו־ye.kav-H6960for lightלְא֥וֹרle.'orH216, but havenone; neither let it seeיִ֝רְאֶ֗הyir.'EhH7200the dawningבְּעַפְעַפֵּי־be.'af.'a.pei-H6079of the dayשָֽׁחַר׃Sha.charH7837:

10Because it shut not upסָ֭גַרSa.garH5462the doorsדַּלְתֵ֣יdal.TeiH1817of my mother’swombבִטְנִ֑יvit.NiH990,nor hidוַיַּסְתֵּ֥רvai.yas.TerH5641sorrowעָ֝מָ֗ל'a.MalH5999from mine eyesמֵעֵינָֽי׃me.'ei.NaiH5869.

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