Verse 1

{ "verseID": "Job.17.1", "source": "רוּחִ֣י חֻ֭בָּלָה יָמַ֥י נִזְעָ֗כוּ קְבָרִ֥ים לִֽי׃", "text": "*rûḥî* *ḥubbālâ* *yāmay* *nizʿākû* *qəḇārîm* to-me", "grammar": { "*rûḥî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my spirit/breath", "*ḥubbālâ*": "Pual perfect 3rd person feminine singular - is broken/destroyed/damaged", "*yāmay*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my days", "*nizʿākû*": "Niphal perfect 3rd person plural - are extinguished/exhausted", "*qəḇārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - graves/tombs/burial places" }, "variants": { "*rûḥî*": "my spirit/breath/wind/life-force", "*ḥubbālâ*": "is broken/destroyed/corrupted/pledged", "*yāmay*": "my days/lifetime", "*nizʿākû*": "are extinguished/exhausted/troubled/distressed", "*qəḇārîm*": "graves/tombs/burial places" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 88:3-5 : 3 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.3", "source": "תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭פָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑י הַטֵּֽה־אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ לְרִנָּתִֽי׃", "text": "*tāvôʾ* before-*pānêkā* *təpillātî* incline-*ʾoznəkā* to-*rinnātî*", "grammar": { "*tāvôʾ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - may it come/enter", "*pānêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face/presence", "*təpillātî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my prayer", "*haṭṭêh*": "verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine singular - incline/turn", "*ʾoznəkā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ear", "*rinnātî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my cry/shout" }, "variants": { "*tāvôʾ*": "may it come/enter/approach", "*pānêkā*": "your face/presence/before you", "*təpillātî*": "my prayer/supplication", "*rinnātî*": "my cry/shout/ringing cry/song" } } 4 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.4", "source": "כִּֽי־שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה בְרָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑י וְ֝חַיַּ֗י לִשְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ׃", "text": "For-*śāvəʿâ* with-*rāʿôt* *napšî* and-*ḥayyay* to-*šəʾôl* *higgîʿû*", "grammar": { "*śāvəʿâ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - is full/satisfied", "*rāʿôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - evils/troubles", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*ḥayyay*": "noun, masculine, plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my life", "*šəʾôl*": "noun, feminine, singular - Sheol/grave/underworld", "*higgîʿû*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they have approached/reached" }, "variants": { "*śāvəʿâ*": "is full/satisfied/satiated/had enough", "*rāʿôt*": "evils/troubles/calamities/distresses", "*napšî*": "my soul/life/self/being", "*šəʾôl*": "Sheol/grave/underworld/place of the dead", "*higgîʿû*": "they have approached/reached/touched/arrived at" } } 5 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.5", "source": "נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃", "text": "*neḥšavtî* with-*yôrədê* *bôr* *hāyîtî* like-*gever* without-*ʾĕyāl*", "grammar": { "*neḥšavtî*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I am considered/counted", "*yôrədê*": "participle, Qal, masculine, plural construct - those going down to", "*bôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - pit/cistern/grave", "*hāyîtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have become/been", "*gever*": "noun, masculine, singular - man/strong man", "*ʾĕyāl*": "noun, masculine, singular - strength/help" }, "variants": { "*neḥšavtî*": "I am considered/counted/reckoned/regarded as", "*yôrədê*": "those going down to/descending to", "*bôr*": "pit/cistern/grave/dungeon", "*gever*": "man/strong man/warrior/male", "*ʾĕyāl*": "strength/help/vigor/power" } }
  • Isa 38:10-14 : 10 { "verseID": "Isaiah.38.10", "source": "אֲנִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי בִּדְמִ֥י יָמַ֛י אֵלֵ֖כָה בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁא֑וֹל פֻּקַּ֖דְתִּי יֶ֥תֶר שְׁנוֹתָֽי׃", "text": "I *ʾāmartî* in-*dəmî* *yāmay* *ʾēlēkâ* in-*šaʿărê* *šəʾôl* *puqqadtî* *yeter* *šənôtāy*.", "grammar": { "*ʾāmartî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said", "*dəmî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my cessation/silence", "*yāmay*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my days", "*ʾēlēkâ*": "qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - let me go", "*šaʿărê*": "masculine plural construct - gates of", "*šəʾôl*": "feminine singular noun - Sheol", "*puqqadtî*": "pual perfect, 1st person singular - I am deprived of", "*yeter*": "masculine singular construct - remainder of", "*šənôtāy*": "feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my years" }, "variants": { "*dəmî*": "my cessation, my silence, my quiet, prime (of life)", "*ʾēlēkâ*": "let me go, I shall go", "*šaʿărê*": "gates of, entrances to", "*šəʾôl*": "Sheol, underworld, grave, death", "*puqqadtî*": "I am deprived of, I am appointed, I am assigned", "*yeter*": "remainder, rest, remnant" } } 11 { "verseID": "Isaiah.38.11", "source": "אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ לֹא־אֶרְאֶ֣ה יָ֔הּ יָ֖הּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ הַחַיִּ֑ים לֹא־אַבִּ֥יט אָדָ֛ם ע֖וֹד עִם־י֥וֹשְׁבֵי חָֽדֶל׃", "text": "*ʾāmartî* not-*ʾerʾeh* *Yāh* *Yāh* in-*ʾereṣ* the-*ḥayyîm* not-*ʾabbîṭ* *ʾādām* again with-*yôšbê* *ḥādel*.", "grammar": { "*ʾāmartî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said", "*ʾerʾeh*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will see", "*Yāh*": "proper noun - Yah (shortened form of YHWH)", "*Yāh*": "proper noun - Yah (shortened form of YHWH)", "*ʾereṣ*": "feminine singular construct - land of", "*ḥayyîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the living", "*ʾabbîṭ*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will look at", "*ʾādām*": "masculine singular noun - man/mankind", "*yôšbê*": "qal participle masculine plural construct - inhabitants of", "*ḥādel*": "masculine singular noun - world of cessation" }, "variants": { "*ʾerʾeh*": "I will see, I will behold, I will perceive", "*ʾereṣ*": "land, earth, territory", "*ḥayyîm*": "the living, life", "*ʾabbîṭ*": "I will look at, I will see, I will gaze upon", "*ʾādām*": "man, mankind, humanity", "*yôšbê*": "inhabitants of, dwellers in, residents of", "*ḥādel*": "world of cessation, transitoriness, the fleeting world" } } 12 { "verseID": "Isaiah.38.12", "source": "דּוֹרִ֗י נִסַּ֧ע וְנִגְלָ֛ה מִנִּ֖י כְּאֹ֣הֶל רֹעִ֑י קִפַּ֨דְתִּי כָאֹרֵ֤ג חַיַּי֙ מִדַּלָּ֣ה יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִי מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃", "text": "*Dôrî* *nissaʿ* and-*wəniglâ* from-me like-*ʾōhel* *rōʿî* *qippadtî* like-the-*ʾōrēg* *ḥayyay* from-*dallâ* *yəbaṣṣəʿēnî* from-*yôm* to-*laylâ* *tašlîmēnî*.", "grammar": { "*Dôrî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my generation/dwelling", "*nissaʿ*": "niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is pulled up/removed", "*wəniglâ*": "niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw conjunction - and is removed", "*ʾōhel*": "masculine singular noun - tent", "*rōʿî*": "qal participle masculine singular construct - shepherd of", "*qippadtî*": "piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have rolled up", "*ʾōrēg*": "qal participle masculine singular with definite article - the weaver", "*ḥayyay*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my life", "*dallâ*": "feminine singular noun - thrum/threads", "*yəbaṣṣəʿēnî*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he cuts me off", "*yôm*": "masculine singular noun - day", "*laylâ*": "masculine singular noun - night", "*tašlîmēnî*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you will finish me" }, "variants": { "*Dôrî*": "my generation, my dwelling, my lifetime", "*nissaʿ*": "is pulled up, is removed, is broken down", "*wəniglâ*": "and is removed, and is carried away", "*ʾōhel*": "tent, dwelling, tabernacle", "*rōʿî*": "shepherd, herdsman", "*qippadtî*": "I have rolled up, I have folded up", "*ʾōrēg*": "weaver, one who weaves", "*dallâ*": "thrum, threads, poverty", "*yəbaṣṣəʿēnî*": "he cuts me off, he severs me", "*tašlîmēnî*": "you will finish me, you will complete me, you will make an end of me" } } 13 { "verseID": "Isaiah.38.13", "source": "שִׁוִּ֤יתִי עַד־בֹּ֙קֶר֙ כּֽ͏ָאֲרִ֔י כֵּ֥ן יְשַׁבֵּ֖ר כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָ֑י מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃", "text": "*Šiwwîtî* until-*bōqer* like-the-*ʾărî* thus *yəšabbēr* all-*ʿaṣmôtāy* from-*yôm* until-*laylâ* *tašlîmēnî*.", "grammar": { "*Šiwwîtî*": "piel perfect, 1st person singular - I set/composed", "*bōqer*": "masculine singular noun - morning", "*ʾărî*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - lion", "*yəšabbēr*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he breaks", "*ʿaṣmôtāy*": "feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my bones", "*yôm*": "masculine singular noun - day", "*laylâ*": "masculine singular noun - night", "*tašlîmēnî*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you will finish me" }, "variants": { "*Šiwwîtî*": "I set, I composed, I waited patiently", "*bōqer*": "morning, dawn", "*ʾărî*": "lion, predator", "*yəšabbēr*": "he breaks, he shatters, he crushes", "*tašlîmēnî*": "you will finish me, you will complete me, you will make an end of me" } } 14 { "verseID": "Isaiah.38.14", "source": "כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה־לִּ֥י עָרְבֵֽנִי׃", "text": "Like-*sûs* *ʿāgûr* thus *ʾăṣapṣēp* *ʾehgeh* like-the-*yônâ* *dallû* *ʿênay* to-the-*mārôm* *ʾădōnāy* *ʿāšqâ*-to-me *ʿārbēnî*.", "grammar": { "*sûs*": "masculine singular noun - swift", "*ʿāgûr*": "masculine singular noun - crane", "*ʾăṣapṣēp*": "pilpel imperfect, 1st person singular - I chirp", "*ʾehgeh*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I moan", "*yônâ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - dove", "*dallû*": "qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are weak", "*ʿênay*": "feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my eyes", "*mārôm*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - height", "*ʾădōnāy*": "proper noun - my Lord", "*ʿāšqâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she oppresses", "*ʿārbēnî*": "qal imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - be surety for me" }, "variants": { "*sûs*": "swift, swallow", "*ʿāgûr*": "crane, wryneck, swallow", "*ʾăṣapṣēp*": "I chirp, I twitter, I peep", "*ʾehgeh*": "I moan, I murmur, I meditate", "*yônâ*": "dove, pigeon", "*dallû*": "they are weak, they fail, they languish", "*mārôm*": "height, heaven, on high", "*ʿāšqâ*": "she oppresses, she mistreats", "*ʿārbēnî*": "be surety for me, take responsibility for me, pledge for me" } }
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Isaiah.57.16", "source": "כִּ֣י לֹ֤א לְעוֹלָם֙ אָרִ֔יב וְלֹ֥א לָנֶ֖צַח אֶקְּצ֑וֹף כִּי־ר֙וּחַ֙ מִלְּפָנַ֣י יַֽעֲט֔וֹף וּנְשָׁמ֖וֹת אֲנִ֥י עָשִֽׂיתִי׃", "text": "*kî* *lōʾ* *lə-ʿôlām* *ʾārîb* *wə-lōʾ* *lāneṣaḥ* *ʾeqqəṣôp* *kî-rûaḥ* *millə pānay* *yaʿăṭôp* *û-nəšāmôt* *ʾănî* *ʿāśîtî*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*lə-ʿôlām*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - forever", "*ʾārîb*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will contend/strive", "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunctive waw + negative particle - and not", "*lāneṣaḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - for eternity/perpetually", "*ʾeqqəṣôp*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be angry", "*kî-rûaḥ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine, singular - for spirit", "*millə pānay*": "preposition + preposition + noun, masculine, plural + 1st person singular suffix - from before me", "*yaʿăṭôp*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it would faint/be overwhelmed", "*û-nəšāmôt*": "conjunctive waw + noun, feminine, plural - and souls/breath", "*ʾănî*": "1st person singular pronoun - I", "*ʿāśîtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have made" }, "variants": { "*lə-ʿôlām*": "forever/eternally/perpetually", "*ʾārîb*": "I will contend/dispute/strive", "*lāneṣaḥ*": "perpetually/continually/forever", "*ʾeqqəṣôp*": "I will be angry/wrathful/indignant", "*yaʿăṭôp*": "would faint/grow weary/be overwhelmed", "*millə pānay*": "from before me/from my presence", "*nəšāmôt*": "souls/breaths/spirits/life" } }
  • Job 6:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Job.6.11", "source": "מַה־כֹּחִ֥י כִֽי־אֲיַחֵ֑ל וּמַה־קִּ֝צִּ֗י כִּֽי־אַאֲרִ֥יךְ נַפְשִֽׁי׃", "text": "*mah-kōḥî kî-ʾăyaḥēl ûmah-qiṣṣî kî-ʾaʾărîk napšî*", "grammar": { "*mah-kōḥî*": "interrogative + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - what is my strength", "*kî-ʾăyaḥēl*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - that I should hope/wait", "*ûmah-qiṣṣî*": "conjunction + interrogative + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and what is my end", "*kî-ʾaʾărîk*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - that I should prolong", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life" }, "variants": { "*kōaḥ*": "strength/power", "*yāḥal*": "to wait/hope", "*qēṣ*": "end/limit", "*ʾārak*": "to be long/prolong/extend", "*nepeš*": "soul/life/self" } }
  • Job 17:13-14 : 13 { "verseID": "Job.17.13", "source": "אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתִ֑י בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃", "text": "if-*ʾăqawwe* *šəʾôl* *bêṯî* in-the-*ḥōšeḵ* *rippaddtî* *yəṣûʿāy*", "grammar": { "*ʾăqawwe*": "Piel imperfect 1st person singular - I expect/wait for/hope for", "*šəʾôl*": "noun, feminine singular - Sheol/underworld", "*bêṯî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my house", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness", "*rippaddtî*": "Piel perfect 1st person singular - I have spread out", "*yəṣûʿāy*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my bed/couch" }, "variants": { "*ʾăqawwe*": "I expect/wait for/hope for", "*šəʾôl*": "Sheol/underworld/grave/pit", "*bêṯî*": "my house/dwelling/home", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "darkness/obscurity", "*rippaddtî*": "I have spread out/made my bed", "*yəṣûʿāy*": "my bed/couch/resting place" } } 14 { "verseID": "Job.17.14", "source": "לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה׃", "text": "to-the-*šaḥaṯ* *qārāʾṯî* *ʾāḇî* you-are *ʾimmî* *wa-ʾăḥōṯî* to-the-*rimmâ*", "grammar": { "*šaḥaṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - pit/grave/destruction", "*qārāʾṯî*": "Qal perfect 1st person singular - I have called", "*ʾāḇî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my father", "*ʾimmî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my mother", "*wa-ʾăḥōṯî*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my sister", "*rimmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - worm/maggot" }, "variants": { "*šaḥaṯ*": "pit/grave/corruption/destruction", "*qārāʾṯî*": "I have called/named/proclaimed", "*ʾāḇî*": "my father", "*ʾimmî*": "my mother", "*wa-ʾăḥōṯî*": "and my sister", "*rimmâ*": "worm/maggot/decay" } }
  • Job 19:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Job.19.17", "source": "‫ר֭וּחִֽי זָ֣רָה לְאִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗י לִבְנֵ֥י בִטְנִֽי׃‬", "text": "*rūḥî* *zārāh* *lə-ʾištî* *wə-ḥannōtî* *li-bnê* *biṭnî*", "grammar": { "*rūḥî*": "noun common feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my breath", "*zārāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - is strange", "*lə-ʾištî*": "preposition + noun common feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - to my wife", "*wə-ḥannōtî*": "waw conjunction + qal infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - and my plea", "*li-bnê*": "preposition + noun common masculine plural construct - to sons of", "*biṭnî*": "noun common feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my body/womb" }, "variants": { "*rūaḥ*": "breath/wind/spirit", "*zūr*": "to be strange/repulsive/loathsome", "*ʾiššāh*": "woman/wife/female", "*ḥānan*": "to plead/beg/entreat for grace", "*bēn*": "son/male child", "*beṭen*": "womb/belly/body" } }
  • Job 42:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Job.42.16", "source": "וַיְחִ֤י אִיּוֹב֙ אַֽחֲרֵי־זֹ֔את מֵאָ֥ה וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיִּרְאֶ֗ה אֶת־בָּנָיו֙ וְאֶת־בְּנֵ֣י בָנָ֔יו אַרְבָּעָ֖ה דֹּרֽוֹת׃", "text": "And *wayǝḥî* *ʾIyyôb* after-*zōʾt* one hundred and-forty *šānâ* and *wayyirʾeh* *ʾet*-*bānāyw* and-*ʾet*-*bǝnê* *bānāyw* four *dōrôt*", "grammar": { "*wayǝḥî*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he lived", "*ʾIyyôb*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Job", "*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*šānâ*": "noun, feminine singular - year", "*wayyirʾeh*": "Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he saw", "*bānāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sons", "*bǝnê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of", "*dōrôt*": "noun, masculine plural - generations" }, "variants": { "*wayǝḥî*": "and he lived/and he survived", "*zōʾt*": "this/these things", "*šānâ*": "year/years", "*wayyirʾeh*": "and he saw/and he beheld/and he witnessed", "*bānāyw*": "his sons/his male children", "*bǝnê*": "sons of/children of", "*dōrôt*": "generations/ages" } }