Verse 12

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Verse 13

{ "verseID": "Job.14.13", "source": "מִ֤י יִתֵּ֨ן ׀ בִּשְׁא֬וֹל תַּצְפִּנֵ֗נִי תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי עַד־שׁ֣וּב אַפֶּ֑ךָ תָּ֤שִֽׁית לִ֖י חֹ֣ק וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃", "text": "*mî* *yittēn* *bišʾôl* *taṣpînēnî* *tastîrēnî* *ʿad*-*šûb* *ʾappekā* *tāšît* *lî* *ḥōq* *wətizkerēnî*", "grammar": { "*mî* *yittēn*": "interrogative pronoun + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - who would give (idiomatic: if only/O that)", "*bišʾôl*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular - in Sheol", "*taṣpînēnî*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + 1st person, singular, suffix - you would hide me", "*tastîrēnî*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + 1st person, singular, suffix - you would conceal me", "*ʿad*": "preposition - until", "*šûb*": "verb, qal infinitive construct - turning back of", "*ʾappekā*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct + 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix - your anger", "*tāšît*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular - you would set/appoint", "*lî*": "preposition + 1st person, singular, suffix - for me", "*ḥōq*": "noun, masculine, singular - decree/limit/boundary", "*wətizkerēnî*": "conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + 1st person, singular, suffix - and you would remember me" }, "variants": { "*mî* *yittēn*": "who would give/if only/O that (idiomatic expression)", "*šəʾôl*": "Sheol/grave/underworld", "*taṣpînēnî*": "hide me/conceal me/treasure me up", "*tastîrēnî*": "conceal me/hide me/shelter me", "*šûb*": "turning back/return/subsiding", "*ʾappekā*": "your anger/your wrath/your nostrils", "*tāšît*": "set/appoint/establish", "*ḥōq*": "decree/statute/appointed time/limit", "*tizkerēnî*": "remember me/be mindful of me/take notice of me" } }

Verse 19

{ "verseID": "Job.14.19", "source": "אֲבָנִ֤ים ׀ שָׁ֥חֲקוּ מַ֗יִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף־סְפִיחֶ֥יהָ עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ וְתִקְוַ֖ת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃", "text": "*ʾăbānîm* *šāḥăqû* *mayim* *tišṭōp*-*səpîḥêhā* *ʿăpar*-*ʾāreṣ* *wətiqwat* *ʾĕnôš* *heʾĕbadtā*", "grammar": { "*ʾăbānîm*": "noun, feminine, plural - stones", "*šāḥăqû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person, common, plural - they wear away", "*mayim*": "noun, masculine, plural - waters", "*tišṭōp*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular - it washes away", "*səpîḥêhā*": "noun, masculine, plural, construct + 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix - its aftergrowth", "*ʿăpar*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - dust of", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine, singular - earth/land", "*wətiqwat*": "conjunction + noun, feminine, singular, construct - and hope of", "*ʾĕnôš*": "noun, masculine, singular - man/mankind", "*heʾĕbadtā*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular - you have destroyed" }, "variants": { "*ʾăbānîm*": "stones/rocks", "*šāḥăqû*": "wear away/erode/grind down", "*tišṭōp*": "washes away/floods/sweeps away", "*səpîḥîm*": "aftergrowth/overflow/that which grows of itself", "*ʿăpar*": "dust/soil/earth", "*tiqwâ*": "hope/expectation", "*ʾĕnôš*": "man/mankind/mortal", "*heʾĕbadtā*": "you have destroyed/you have caused to perish" } }