Genesis 31:40
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"[Thus] I was: by dayבַיֹּ֛ום
(vai·yo·vm)
3117: daya prim. root
the heatחֹ֖רֶב
(cho·rev)
2721a: dryness, drought, heatfrom chareb
consumedאֲכָלַ֥נִי
(a·cha·la·ni)
398: to eata prim. root
me and the frostוְקֶ֣רַח
(ve·ke·rach)
7140: frost, iceof uncertain derivation
by night,בַּלָּ֑יְלָה
(bal·la·ye·lah;)
3915: nightof uncertain derivation
and my sleepשְׁנָתִ֖י
(she·na·ti)
8142: sleepfrom yashen
fledוַתִּדַּ֥ד
(vat·tid·dad)
5074: to retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, fluttera prim. root
from my eyes.מֵֽעֵינָֽי׃
(me·'ei·nai.)
5869: an eyeof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
Thus I was in the day
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
the drought
choreb  (kho'-reb)
drought or desolation -- desolation, drought, dry, heat, utterly, waste.
consumed
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
me and the frost
qerach  (keh'-rakh)
ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal -- crystal, frost, ice.
by night
layil  (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
and my sleep
shehah  (shay-naw')
sleep -- sleep.
departed
nadad  (naw-dad')
to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
from mine eyes
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Thus I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

King James Bible
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There I was--the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

International Standard Version
As it was, I was attacked by drought during the day and by cold at night. I never got any decent rest.

NET Bible
I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The scorching heat during the day and the cold at night wore me down, and I lost a lot of sleep.

King James 2000 Bible
Thus I was; in the day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.
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