Verse 1

{ "verseID": "Job.11.1", "source": "וַ֭יַּעַן צֹפַ֥ר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃", "text": "*wə-yaʿan* *Tsophar* *ha-Naʿamati* *wə-yōʾmar*", "grammar": { "*wə-yaʿan*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he answered", "*Tsophar*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Zophar", "*ha-Naʿamati*": "definite article + proper noun/gentilic, masculine singular - the Naamathite", "*wə-yōʾmar*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said" }, "variants": { "*Tsophar*": "proper name, possibly meaning 'sparrow/bird' or 'departing'", "*Naʿamati*": "from Na'amah, possibly meaning 'pleasantness'" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 2:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Job.2.11", "source": "וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֞וּ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת ׀ רֵעֵ֣י אִיּ֗וֹב אֵ֣ת כָּל־הָרָעָ֣ה הַזֹּאת֮ הַבָּ֣אָה עָלָיו֒ וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִמְּקֹמ֔וֹ אֱלִיפַ֤ז הַתֵּימָנִי֙ וּבִלְדַּ֣ד הַשּׁוּחִ֔י וְצוֹפַ֖ר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֑י וַיִּוָּעֲד֣וּ יַחְדָּ֔ו לָב֥וֹא לָנֽוּד־ל֖וֹ וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃", "text": "*wə-yišməʿû šəlōšeṯ rēʿê ʾiyyôḇ ʾēṯ kāl*-the-*rāʿāh haz-zōʾṯ hab-bāʾāh ʿālāyw wə-yāḇōʾû ʾîš mim-məqōmô ʾĕlîp̄az hat-têmānî û-ḇildaḏ haš-šûḥî wə-ṣôp̄ar han-naʿămāṯî wə-yiwwāʿăḏû yaḥdāw lāḇôʾ lānûḏ*-*lô û-lə-naḥămô*.", "grammar": { "*wə-yišməʿû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3mp - and they heard", "*šəlōšeṯ*": "numeral feminine singular construct - three of", "*rēʿê*": "noun masculine plural construct - friends of", "*ʾiyyôḇ*": "proper noun - Job", "*ʾēṯ*": "direct object marker", "*kāl*": "noun masculine singular construct - all of", "*rāʿāh*": "noun feminine singular - evil/calamity", "*haz-zōʾṯ*": "article + demonstrative pronoun feminine singular - this", "*hab-bāʾāh*": "article + qal participle feminine singular - the coming", "*ʿālāyw*": "preposition + 3ms suffix - upon him", "*wə-yāḇōʾû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3mp - and they came", "*ʾîš*": "noun masculine singular - each man", "*mim-məqōmô*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 3ms suffix - from his place", "*ʾĕlîp̄az*": "proper noun - Eliphaz", "*hat-têmānî*": "article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Temanite", "*û-ḇildaḏ*": "conjunction + proper noun - and Bildad", "*haš-šûḥî*": "article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Shuhite", "*wə-ṣôp̄ar*": "conjunction + proper noun - and Zophar", "*han-naʿămāṯî*": "article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Naamathite", "*wə-yiwwāʿăḏû*": "conjunction + niphal imperfect 3mp - and they met together", "*yaḥdāw*": "adverb - together", "*lāḇôʾ*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to come", "*lānûḏ*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to sympathize", "*lô*": "preposition + 3ms suffix - with him", "*û-lə-naḥămô*": "conjunction + preposition + piel infinitive construct + 3ms suffix - and to comfort him" }, "variants": { "*rāʿāh*": "evil/calamity/affliction/trouble", "*ʾîš mim-məqōmô*": "each from his place/each man from his own territory", "*têmānî*": "Temanite (from Teman in Edom)", "*šûḥî*": "Shuhite (possibly from region of Shuah)", "*naʿămāṯî*": "Naamathite (from Naamah, location uncertain)", "*wə-yiwwāʿăḏû yaḥdāw*": "and they met together/they made an appointment together", "*lānûḏ-lô*": "to sympathize with him/to express condolence", "*lə-naḥămô*": "to comfort him/to console him" } }
  • Job 20:1 : 1 { "verseID": "Job.20.1", "source": "וַ֭יַּעַן צֹפַ֥ר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃", "text": "*wə-* *yaʿan* *Ṣōpar* *ha-Naʿămātî* *wə-* *yōʾmar*", "grammar": { "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*yaʿan*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - answered", "*Ṣōpar*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Zophar", "*ha-Naʿămātî*": "definite article with gentilic adjective, masculine singular - the Naamathite", "*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said" }, "variants": { "*yaʿan*": "answered/responded/replied", "*Naʿămātî*": "from Naamah (place name)/Naamathite" } }