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Job 30:28
“I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קָדַרqâdar · kaw-dar'
H6937 · Hebrew
H6937 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), [idiom] heavily, (cause to) mourn.
- Grammar
- קֹדֵ֣ר — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 17 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 18:45Job 5:11Job 6:16Psalms 35:14Psalms 38:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָדַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.