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Job 3:1-6

1Afterאַחֲרֵי־'a.cha.rei-H310thisJobאִיּוֹב֙'i.yOvH347openedפָּתַ֤חpa.TachH6605hismouthפִּ֔יהוּPi.huH6310, andcursedוַיְקַלֵּ֖לvay.ka.LelH7043hisdayיוֹמֽוֹ׃ פyo.MoH3117.

2AndJobאִיּ֗וֹב'i.YovH347spokeוַיַּ֥עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030, andsaidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559,

3Let thedayי֭וֹםYomH3117perishיֹ֣אבַדYoadH6when I wasbornאִוָּ֣לֶד'i.Va.ledH3205, and thenightוְהַלַּ֥יְלָהve.ha.Lay.lahH3915in which it wassaidאָ֝מַ֗ר'a.MarH559, There is a manchildגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397conceivedהֹ֣רָהHo.rahH2029.

4Let thatdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117bedarknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822; let notGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433regardיִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּyid.re.She.huH1875it fromaboveמִמָּ֑עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605, neither let thelightנְהָרָֽה׃ne.ha.RahH5105shineתּוֹפַ֖עto.Fa'H3313upon it.

5Letdarknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and the shadow ofdeathוְ֭צַלְמָוֶתVe.tzal.ma.vetH6757stainיִגְאָלֻ֡הוּyig.'a.Lu.huH1350it; let acloudעֲנָנָ֑ה'a.na.NahH6053dwellתִּשְׁכָּן־tish.kon-H7931upon it; let theblacknessכִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵיkim.Ri.reiH3650of thedayיֽוֹם׃YomH3117terrifyיְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּye.va.'a.Tu.huH1204it.

6As for thatnightהַלַּ֥יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915, letdarknessאֹ֥פֶל'O.felH652seizeיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּyi.ka.Che.HuH3947upon it; let it not bejoinedיִ֭חַדְּYi.chadH2302to thedaysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of theyearשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141, let it notcomeיָבֹֽא׃ya.Vo'H935into thenumberבְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe.mis.ParH4557of themonthsיְ֝רָחִ֗יםye.ra.ChimH3391.

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