Revised Literal Translation

Job 3:1-6

1Afterאַחֲרֵי־'a.cha.rei-H310this openedפָּתַ֤חpa.TachH6605Jobאִיּוֹב֙'i.yOvH347his mouthפִּ֔יהוּPi.huH6310,and cursedוַיְקַלֵּ֖לvay.ka.LelH7043his dayיוֹמֽוֹ׃ פyo.MoH3117.

2And Jobאִיּ֗וֹב'i.YovH347spakeוַיַּ֥עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030,and saidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559,

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.

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