The Lashawan Qadash

job 3:1

יֹומֹֽו	אֶת	וַיְקַלֵּ֖ל	פִּ֔יהוּ	אֶת	אִיֹּוב֙	פָּתַ֤ח	כֵ֗ן	אַחֲרֵי
𐤉𐤅𐤌𐤅	𐤀𐤕	𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤋𐤋	𐤐𐤉𐤄𐤅	𐤀𐤕	𐤀𐤉𐤅􉀑	𐤐𐤕𐤇	𐤊𐤍	𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉
yowmowh	'eth	wayeqalelh	piyhwh	'eth	'iyowbh	patahh	kenh	'ahareyh
yowmow	'et	wayeqalel	piyhw	'et	'iyowb	patah	ken	'aharey
the day of his [birth].		and cursed	his mouth		Job	opened	this,	After

3-1. After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

job 3:2

וַיֹּאמַֽר	אִיֹּ֗וב	וַיַּ֥עַן
𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓	𐤀𐤉𐤅􉀑	𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍
wayo'marh	'iyowbh	waya'anh
wayo'mar	'iyowb	waya'an
said:	[he]	And [this is what]

3-2. And Job spake, and said,

job 3:3

גָֽבֶר	הֹ֣רָה	אָ֝מַ֗ר	בֹּ֑ווְהַלַּ֥יְלָה	אִוָּ֣לֶד	יֹ֖ום	יֹ֣אבַד
𐤂􉀑𐤓	𐤄𐤓𐤄	𐤀𐤌𐤓	􉀑𐤅𐤅𐤄𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄	𐤀𐤅𐤋𐤃	𐤉𐤅𐤌	𐤉𐤀􉀑𐤃
gaberh	horahh	'amarh	bowwehalayelahh	'iwaledh	yowmh	yo'badh
gaber	horah	'amar	bowwehalayelah	'iwaled	yowm	yo'bad
‘A boy	is conceived.’	it was said,	and the night	of my birth	“May the day	perish,

3-3. Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

job 3:4

נְהָרָֽה

עָלָ֣יו

תֹּופַ֖ע

וְאַל

מָּ֑עַל

מִ

אֱלֹ֣והַּ

יִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּ

אַֽל

חֹ֥שֶׁךְ

יְֽהִ֫י

הַה֗וּא

הַיֹּ֥ום

neharahh

'alaywh

towpa'

we'alh

ma'alh

'elowha

yideresehwh

'alh

hoseke

yehiyh

hahw'

hayowmh

neharah

'alayw

towpa'

we'al

ma'al

'elowha

yideresehw

'al

hoseke

yehiy

hahw'

hayowm

[may no] light

upon it.

shine

above

May God

disregard it;

to darkness!

had turned

If only that

day

3-4. Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

job 3:5

יֹֽום	כִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵי	יְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּ	עֲנָנָ֑ה	עָלָ֣יו	תִּשְׁכָּן	וְ֭צַלְמָוֶת	חֹ֣שֶׁךְ	יִגְאָלֻ֡הוּ
𐤉𐤅𐤌	𐤊𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤓𐤉	𐤉􉀑𐤏𐤕𐤄𐤅	𐤏𐤍𐤍𐤄	𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅	𐤕𐤔𐤊𐤍	𐤅𐤑𐤋𐤌𐤅𐤕	𐤇𐤔𐤊	𐤉𐤂𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤅
yowmh	kimeriyreyh	yeba'atuhwh	'ananahh	'alaywh	tisekanh	wesalemaweth	hoseke	yige'aluhwh
yowm	kimeriyrey	yeba'atuhw	'ananah	'alayw	tisekan	wesalemawet	hoseke	yige'aluhw
of the day	may the blackness	overwhelm it.	and a cloud	over it;	settle	and gloom	May darkness	reclaim it,

3-5. Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

job 3:6

יָבֹֽא

אַל

יְ֝רָחִ֗ים

בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר

שָׁנָ֑ה

בִּימֵ֣י

יִ֭חַדְּ

אַל

אֹ֥פֶל

יִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּ

הַהוּא֮

הַלַּ֥יְלָה

yabo'

'alh

yerahiymh

bemiseparh

sanahh

biymeyh

yihade

'alh

'opelh

yiqahehwh

hahw'

halayelahh

yabo'

'al

yerahiym

bemisepar

sanah

biymey

yihade

'al

'opel

yiqahehw

hahw'

halayelah

or be entered

of the months.

in any

of the year,

among the days

appear

May it not

If only darkness

away!

had taken

that night

3-6. As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

job 3:7

רְנָנָ֣ה	תָּבֹ֖א	אַל	גַלְמ֑וּד	יְהִ֣י	הַ֭הוּא	הַלַּ֣יְלָה	הִנֵּ֤ה
𐤓𐤍𐤍𐤄	𐤕􉀑𐤀	𐤀𐤋	𐤂𐤋𐤌𐤅𐤃	𐤉𐤄𐤉	𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀	𐤄𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄	𐤄𐤍𐤄
renanahh	tabo'	'alh	galemwdh	yehiyh	hahw'	halayelahh	hinehh
renanah	tabo'	'al	galemwd	yehiy	hahw'	halayelah	hineh
joyful voice	come	may no	barren;	be	may that	night	Behold,

3-7. Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

job 3:8

לִוְיָתָֽן	עֹרֵ֥ר	הָ֝עֲתִידִ֗ים	יֹ֑ום	אֹרְרֵי	בֹֽויִקְּבֻ֥הוּ
𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍	𐤏𐤓𐤓	𐤄𐤏𐤕𐤉𐤃𐤉𐤌	𐤉𐤅𐤌	𐤀𐤓𐤓𐤉	􉀑𐤅𐤉𐤒􉀑𐤄𐤅
liweyatanh	'orerh	ha'atiydiymh	yowmh	'orereyh	bowyiqebuhwh
liweyatan	'orer	ha'atiydiym	yowm	'orerey	bowyiqebuhw
Leviathan.	to rouse	those prepared	the day—	May it be cursed	into it. by those who curse

3-8. Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

job 3:9

שָֽׁחַר	בְּעַפְעַפֵּי	יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה	וְאַל	וָאַ֑יִן	לְאֹ֥ור	יְקַו	נִ֫שְׁפֹּ֥ו	כֹּוכְבֵ֪י	יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮
𐤔𐤇𐤓	􉀑𐤏𐤐𐤏𐤐𐤉	𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤄	𐤅𐤀𐤋	𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤍	𐤋𐤀𐤅𐤓	𐤉𐤒𐤅	𐤍𐤔𐤐𐤅	𐤊𐤅𐤊􉀑𐤉	𐤉𐤇𐤔𐤊𐤅
saharh	be'ape'apeyh	yire'ehh	we'alh	wa'ayinh	le'owrh	yeqawh	nisepowh	kowkebeyh	yehesekwh
sahar	be'ape'apey	yire'eh	we'al	wa'ayin	le'owr	yeqaw	nisepow	kowkebey	yehesekw
the breaking of dawn.		see	may it not	in vain	for daylight;	may it wait	May its morning	stars	grow dark;

3-9. Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

job 3:10

עֵינָֽי	מֵ	עָ֝מָ֗ל	וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר	בִטְנִ֑י	דַּלְתֵ֣י	סָ֭גַר	כִּ֤ילֹ֣א
𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉	𐤌	𐤏𐤌𐤋	𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤕𐤓	􉀑𐤈𐤍𐤉	𐤃𐤋𐤕𐤉	𐤎𐤂𐤓	𐤊𐤉𐤋𐤀
'eynayh	me	'amalh	wayaseterh	biteniyh	daleteyh	sagarh	kiylo'
'eynay	me	'amal	wayaseter	biteniy	daletey	sagar	kiylo'
my eyes.	from	the sorrow	to hide	of the womb	the doors	shut	For that night did not

3-10. Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

job 3:11

וְאֶגְוָֽע	יָצָ֣אתִי	בֶּ֖טֶן	מִ	אָמ֑וּת	רֶ֣חֶם	מֵ	לֹּ֣א	לָ֤מָּה
𐤅𐤀𐤂𐤅𐤏	𐤉𐤑𐤀𐤕𐤉	􉀑𐤈𐤍	𐤌	𐤀𐤌𐤅𐤕	𐤓𐤇𐤌	𐤌	𐤋𐤀	𐤋𐤌𐤄
we'egewa'	yasa'tiyh	betenh	mi	'amwth	rehemh	me	lo'	lamahh
we'egewa'	yasa'tiy	beten	mi	'amwt	rehem	me	lo'	lamah
why did I not die	as I came	the womb?	from	did I not perish	at birth;			Why

3-11. Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

job 3:12

כִּ֣יאִינָֽק	שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם	וּמַה	בִרְכָּ֑יִם	קִדְּמ֣וּנִי	מַ֭דּוּעַ
𐤊𐤉𐤀𐤉𐤍𐤒	𐤔𐤃𐤉𐤌	𐤅𐤌𐤄	􉀑𐤓𐤊𐤉𐤌	𐤒𐤃𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤉	𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤏
kiy'iynaqh	sadayimh	wmahh	birekayimh	qidemwniyh	madw'a
kiy'iynaq	sadayim	wmah	birekayim	qidemwniy	madw'a
that I should be nursed?	breasts	[and]	were there knees	to receive me,	Why

3-12. Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

job 3:13

יָנ֬וּחַֽ	אָ֤ז	יָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּי	וְאֶשְׁקֹ֑וט	שָׁכַ֣בְתִּי	כִּֽיעַ֭תָּה
𐤉𐤍𐤅𐤇	𐤀𐤆	𐤉𐤔𐤍𐤕𐤉	𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤒𐤅𐤈	𐤔𐤊􉀑𐤕𐤉	𐤊𐤉𐤏𐤕𐤄
yanwha	'azh	yasanetiyh	we'eseqowth	sakabetiyh	kiy'atahh
yanwha	'az	yasanetiy	we'eseqowt	sakabetiy	kiy'atah
at rest	and	I would be asleep	in peace;	I would be lying down	For now

3-13. For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

job 3:14

חֳרָבֹ֣ות	הַבֹּנִ֖ים	אָ֑רֶץ	וְיֹ֣עֲצֵי	מְ֭לָכִים	לִֽיעִם
𐤇𐤓􉀑𐤅𐤕	𐤄􉀑𐤍𐤉𐤌	𐤀𐤓𐤑	𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤑𐤉	𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤌	𐤋𐤉𐤏𐤌
horabowth	haboniymh	'aresh	weyo'aseyh	melakiymh	liy'imh
horabowt	haboniym	'ares	weyo'asey	melakiym	liy'im
cities now in ruins,	who built	of the earth,	and counselors	kings	with

3-14. With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves;

job 3:15

כָּֽסֶף	בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם	לָהֶ֑םהַֽמְמַלְאִ֖ים	זָהָ֣ב	שָׂ֭רִים	לָֽמֹואֹ֣ועִם
𐤊𐤎𐤐	􉀑𐤕𐤉𐤄𐤌	𐤋𐤄𐤌𐤄𐤌𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤉𐤌	𐤆𐤄􉀑	𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌	𐤋𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤅𐤏𐤌
kaseph	bateyhemh	lahemhamemale'iymh	zahabh	sariymh	lamow'ow'imh
kasep	bateyhem	lahemhamemale'iym	zahab	sariym	lamow'ow'im
with silver.	their houses	who filled	who had gold,	princes	for themselves or with

3-15. Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

job 3:16

אֹֽור	רָ֥אוּ	לֹא	עֹלְלִ֗ים	כְּ֝	אֶהְיֶ֑ה	לֹ֣א	טָ֭מוּן	נֵ֣פֶל	אֹ֚וכְ
𐤀𐤅𐤓	𐤓𐤀𐤅	𐤋𐤀	𐤏𐤋𐤋𐤉𐤌	𐤊	𐤀𐤄𐤉𐤄	𐤋𐤀	𐤈𐤌𐤅𐤍	𐤍𐤐𐤋	𐤀𐤅𐤊
'owrh	ra'wh	lo'	'oleliymh	ke	'eheyehh	lo'	tamwnh	nepelh	'owke
'owr	ra'w	lo'	'oleliym	ke	'eheyeh	lo'	tamwn	nepel	'owke
daylight?	sees	who never	like an infant		why was	I not	hidden	like a stillborn child,	Or Or

3-16. Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

job 3:17

כֹֽחַ	יְגִ֣יעֵי	יָ֝נ֗וּחוּ	וְשָׁ֥ם	רֹ֑גֶז	חָ֣דְלוּ	רְ֭שָׁעִים	שָׁ֣ם
𐤊𐤇	𐤉𐤂𐤉𐤏𐤉	𐤉𐤍𐤅𐤇𐤅	𐤅𐤔𐤌	𐤓𐤂𐤆	𐤇𐤃𐤋𐤅	𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤌	𐤔𐤌
koha	yegiy'eyh	yanwhwh	wesamh	rogezh	hadelwh	resa'iymh	samh
koha	yegiy'ey	yanwhw	wesam	rogez	hadelw	resa'iym	sam
	the weary	find rest.	and there	from raging,	cease	the wicked	There

3-17. There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

job 3:18

נֹגֵֽשׂ	קֹ֣ול	שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ	לֹ֥א	שַׁאֲנָ֑נוּ	אֲסִירִ֣ים	יַ֭חַד
𐤍𐤂𐤔	𐤒𐤅𐤋	𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤅	𐤋𐤀	𐤔𐤀𐤍𐤍𐤅	𐤀𐤎𐤉𐤓𐤉𐤌	𐤉𐤇𐤃
nogesh	qowlh	same'wh	lo'	sa'ananwh	'asiyriymh	yahadh
noges	qowl	same'w	lo'	sa'ananw	'asiyriym	yahad
of the oppressor.	the voice	hear	they do not	their ease;	The captives	enjoy

3-18. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

job 3:19

אֲדֹנָֽיו	מֵ	חָפְשִׁ֥י	וְ֝עֶ֗בֶד	ה֑וּא	שָׁ֣ם	וְ֭גָדֹול	קָטֹ֣ן
𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉𐤅	𐤌	𐤇𐤐𐤔𐤉	𐤅𐤏􉀑𐤃	𐤄𐤅𐤀	𐤔𐤌	𐤅𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋	𐤒𐤈𐤍
'adonaywh	me	hapesiyh	we'ebedh	hw'	samh	wegadowlh	qatonh
'adonayw	me	hapesiy	we'ebed	hw'	sam	wegadowl	qaton
his master.	from	is freed	and the slave		are there,	and great	Both small

3-19. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

job 3:20

נָֽפֶשׁ	לְמָ֣רֵי	וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים	אֹ֑ור	לְעָמֵ֣ל	יִתֵּ֣ן	לָ֤מָּה
𐤍𐤐𐤔	𐤋𐤌𐤓𐤉	𐤅𐤇𐤉𐤉𐤌	𐤀𐤅𐤓	𐤋𐤏𐤌𐤋	𐤉𐤕𐤍	𐤋𐤌𐤄
napesh	lemareyh	wehayiymh	'owrh	le'amelh	yitenh	lamahh
napes	lemarey	wehayiym	'owr	le'amel	yiten	lamah
of soul,	to the bitter	and life	is light	to the miserable,	given	Why

3-20. Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

job 3:21

מַּטְמֹונִֽים	מִ	וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ	וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ	לַמָּ֣וֶת	הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים
𐤌𐤈𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤉𐤌	𐤌	𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤐𐤓𐤄𐤅	𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤍𐤍𐤅	𐤋𐤌𐤅𐤕	𐤄𐤌𐤇𐤊𐤉𐤌
matemowniymh	mi	wayaheperuhwh	we'eynenwh	lamaweth	hamehakiymh
matemowniym	mi	wayaheperuhw	we'eynenw	lamawet	hamehakiym
like hidden treasure,		and search for it	that does not come,	for death	who long

3-21. Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

job 3:22

קָֽבֶר	כִּ֣ייִמְצְאוּ	יָ֝שִׂ֗ישׂוּ	אֱלֵיגִ֑יל	הַשְּׂמֵחִ֥ים
𐤒􉀑𐤓	𐤊𐤉𐤉𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤅	𐤉𐤔𐤉𐤔𐤅	𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤂𐤉𐤋	𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤇𐤉𐤌
qaberh	kiyyimese'wh	yasiyswh	'eleygiylh	hasemehiymh
qaber	kiyyimese'w	yasiysw	'eleygiyl	hasemehiym
the grave?	when they can find	exult	and greatly	who rejoice

3-22. Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

job 3:23

בַּעֲדֹֽו	אֱלֹ֣והַּ	וַיָּ֖סֶךְ	נִסְתָּ֑רָה	אֲשֶׁרדַּרְכֹּ֣ו	לְ֭גֶבֶר
􉀑𐤏𐤃𐤅	𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄	𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤊	𐤍𐤎𐤕𐤓𐤄	𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤃𐤓𐤊𐤅	𐤋𐤂􉀑𐤓
ba'adowh	'elowha	wayaseke	nisetarahh	'aserdarekowh	legeberh
ba'adow	'elowha	wayaseke	nisetarah	'aserdarekow	legeber
	whom God	has hedged in?	is hidden,	whose way	Why is life given to a man

3-23. Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

job 3:24

שַׁאֲגֹתָֽי	מַּ֗יִם	כַ֝	וַֽיִּתְּכ֥וּ	תָבֹ֑א	אַנְחָתִ֣י	לַ֭חְמִי	כִּֽילִפְנֵ֣י
𐤔𐤀𐤂𐤕𐤉	𐤌𐤉𐤌	𐤊	𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤊𐤅	𐤕􉀑𐤀	𐤀𐤍𐤇𐤕𐤉	𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤉	𐤊𐤉𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉
sa'agotayh	mayimh	ka	wayitekwh	tabo'	'anehatiyh	lahemiyh	kiylipeneyh
sa'agotay	mayim	ka	wayitekw	tabo'	'anehatiy	lahemiy	kiylipeney
and my groans	like water.		pour out	is put	I sigh	food	when when before me,

3-24. For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

job 3:25

יָ֣בֹא	וַאֲשֶׁ֥ריָ֝גֹ֗רְתִּי	וַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִי	פָּ֭חַדְתִּי	כִּ֤יפַ֣חַד
𐤉􉀑𐤀	𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤂𐤓𐤕𐤉	𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤕𐤉𐤍𐤉	𐤐𐤇𐤃𐤕𐤉	𐤊𐤉𐤐𐤇𐤃
yabo'	wa'aseryagoretiyh	waye'etayeniyh	pahadetiyh	kiypahadh
yabo'	wa'aseryagoretiy	waye'etayeniy	pahadetiy	kiypahad
has befallen	and what I dreaded	has overtaken me,	I feared	For the thing

3-25. For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

job 3:26

רֹֽגֶז	וַיָּ֥בֹא	נָ֗חְתִּי	וְֽלֹא	שָׁקַ֥טְתִּי	וְלֹ֖א	שָׁלַ֨וְתִּי	לִֽילֹ֤א
𐤓𐤂𐤆	𐤅𐤉􉀑𐤀	𐤍𐤇𐤕𐤉	𐤅𐤋𐤀	𐤔𐤒𐤈𐤕𐤉	𐤅𐤋𐤀	𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤕𐤉	𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤀
rogezh	wayabo'	nahetiyh	welo'	saqatetiyh	welo'	salawetiyh	liylo'
rogez	wayabo'	nahetiy	welo'	saqatetiy	welo'	salawetiy	liylo'
for trouble	has come.”	rest,		or quiet;	I have no	at ease	me. I am not

3-26. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.