Job 7:21

Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
Job 7:21
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Original language (Hebrew)

וּמֶ֤ה׀ לֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א פִשְׁעִי֮ וְתַעֲבִ֪יר אֶת־עֲוֹ֫נִ֥י כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה לֶעָפָ֣ר אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ פ

  1. וּמֶ֤ה׀u.Meh“and why?”
    Conjunction + Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
  2. לֹא־lo'-“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  3. תִשָּׂ֣אti.Sa'“will you forgive”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from נָשָׂא · “forgive” · Strong's H5375I
  4. פִשְׁעִי֮fish.'I“transgression my”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from פֶּ֫שַׁע · “transgression” · Strong's H6588
  5. וְתַעֲבִ֪ירve.ta.'a.Vir“so may you take away?”
    Conjunction + Verb, hiphil, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from עָבַר · “bring” · Strong's H5674C
  6. אֶת־'et-“<obj.>”
    Particle, direct object marker · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  7. עֲוֹ֫נִ֥י'a.Vo.Ni“iniquity my”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from עָוֺן · “crime” · Strong's H5771G
  8. כִּֽי־ki-“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  9. עַ֭תָּה'A.tah“now”
    Adverb · from עַתָּ֫ה · “now” · Strong's H6258
  10. לֶעָפָ֣רle.'a.Far“to the dust”
    Preposition with article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from עָפָר · “dust” · Strong's H6083
  11. אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב'esh.Kav“I will lie down”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular · from שָׁכַב · “be dead” · Strong's H7901J
  12. וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִיve.Shi.char.Ta.ni“and you will look for me”
    Conjunction + Verb, piel, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from שָׁחַר · “to seek” · Strong's H7836
  13. וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ פve.'ei.Ne.ni“and there not [will be] me”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אַ֫יִן · “nothing” · Strong's H0369
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)