He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.Job 20:8
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
כַּחֲל֣וֹם יָ֭עוּף וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ וְ֝יֻדַּ֗ד כְּחֶזְי֥וֹן לָֽיְלָה׃
- כַּחֲל֣וֹםka.cha.Lom“like a dream”Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from חֲלוֹם · “dream” · Strong's H2472
- יָ֭עוּףYa.'uf“he will fly away”Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עוּף · “to fly” · Strong's H5774A
- וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'“and not”Conjunction + Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
- יִמְצָא֑וּהוּyim.tza.'U.hu“people will find him”Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from מָצָא · “to find” · Strong's H4672
- וְ֝יֻדַּ֗דve.yu.Dad“and he may be chased away”Conjunction + Verb, hophal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from נָדַד · “to wander” · Strong's H5074
- כְּחֶזְי֥וֹןke.chez.Yon“like a vision of”Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from חִזָּיוֹן · “vision” · Strong's H2384
- לָֽיְלָה׃La.ye.lah“[the] night”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from לַ֫יְלָה · “night” · Strong's H3915
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)