Verse 5

{ "verseID": "Job.17.5", "source": "לְ֭חֵלֶק יַגִּ֣יד רֵעִ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃", "text": "for-*ḥēleq* *yaggîḏ* *rēʿîm* *wə-ʿênê* *ḇānāyw* *tiḵlenâ*", "grammar": { "*ḥēleq*": "noun, masculine singular - portion/share/lot", "*yaggîḏ*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he informs/reports/tells", "*rēʿîm*": "noun, masculine plural - friends/companions", "*wə-ʿênê*": "conjunction + noun, feminine dual construct - and eyes of", "*ḇānāyw*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his children", "*tiḵlenâ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - they will fail/be consumed" }, "variants": { "*ḥēleq*": "portion/share/lot/reward", "*yaggîḏ*": "he informs/reports/denounces/betrays", "*rēʿîm*": "friends/companions/neighbors", "*ʿênê*": "eyes/sight (metaphorically: understanding/perception)", "*ḇānāyw*": "his children/sons", "*tiḵlenâ*": "they will fail/be consumed/pine away/languish" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 11:20 : 20 { "verseID": "Job.11.20", "source": "וְעֵינֵ֥י רְשָׁעִ֗ים תִּ֫כְלֶ֥ינָה וּ֭מָנוֹס אָבַ֣ד מִנְהֶ֑ם וְ֝תִקְוָתָ֗ם מַֽפַּח־נָֽפֶשׁ׃", "text": "*wə-ʿenē* *rəšaʿim* *tiklēnah* *u-manos* *ʾavad* *minhēm* *wə-tiqwatam* *mappaḥ*-*napeš*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʿenē*": "conjunction + noun feminine dual construct - and eyes of", "*rəšaʿim*": "adjective masculine plural - wicked ones", "*tiklēnah*": "qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural - they will fail", "*u-manos*": "conjunction + noun masculine singular - and refuge", "*ʾavad*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - has perished", "*minhēm*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - from them", "*wə-tiqwatam*": "conjunction + noun feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their hope", "*mappaḥ*": "noun masculine singular construct - breathing out of", "*napeš*": "noun feminine singular - soul/life" }, "variants": { "*ʿenē*": "eyes/sight", "*rəšaʿim*": "wicked ones/evil people/unrighteous", "*tiklēnah*": "fail/be consumed/waste away", "*manos*": "refuge/escape/flight", "*ʾavad*": "perish/be destroyed/be lost", "*tiqwatam*": "their hope/their expectation", "*mappaḥ*-*napeš*": "breathing out of soul/exhalation of life/expiring" } }
  • Job 32:21-22 : 21 { "verseID": "Job.32.21", "source": "אַל־נָ֭א אֶשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְאֶל־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א אֲכַנֶּֽה׃", "text": "Let not-*ʾal*-*nāʾ* *ʾeśśāʾ* face of-*p̄ənê*-*ʾîš* and unto-*wəʾel*-*ʾādām* not *lōʾ* *ʾăkanneh*", "grammar": { "*ʾal*": "negative particle - not", "*nāʾ*": "particle of entreaty - please", "*ʾeśśāʾ*": "qal imperfect 1st person common singular - I will lift up/show partiality", "*p̄ənê*": "noun masculine plural construct - face of", "*ʾîš*": "noun masculine singular - man", "*wəʾel*": "waw conjunction + preposition - and unto", "*ʾādām*": "noun masculine singular - man/mankind", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ʾăkanneh*": "piel imperfect 1st person common singular - I will give flattering titles" }, "variants": { "*ʾal-nāʾ ʾeśśāʾ p̄ənê-ʾîš*": "let me not show partiality to anyone/I will not be partial to any man", "*wəʾel-ʾādām lōʾ ʾăkanneh*": "and to mankind I will not give flattering titles/I will not use flattering terms for anyone" } } 22 { "verseID": "Job.32.22", "source": "כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֲכַנֶּ֑ה כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט יִשָּׂאֵ֥נִי עֹשֵֽׂנִי׃", "text": "For *kî* not *lōʾ* *yādaʿtî* *ʾăkanneh* for in a little while *kiməʿaṭ* *yiśśāʾēnî* *ʿōśēnî*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yādaʿtî*": "qal perfect 1st person common singular - I know", "*ʾăkanneh*": "piel imperfect 1st person common singular - I will give flattering titles", "*kiməʿaṭ*": "preposition kaf + adverb - in a little while/almost", "*yiśśāʾēnî*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person common singular suffix - he will take me away", "*ʿōśēnî*": "qal participle masculine singular construct + 1st person common singular suffix - my Maker" }, "variants": { "*lōʾ yādaʿtî ʾăkanneh*": "I do not know how to flatter/I do not know how to give flattering titles", "*kiməʿaṭ*": "in a little while/soon/quickly", "*yiśśāʾēnî ʿōśēnî*": "my Maker would take me away/my Creator would remove me" } }
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 { "verseID": "Psalms.12.2", "source": "הוֹשִׁ֣יעָה יְ֭הוָה כִּי־גָמַ֣ר חָסִ֑יד כִּי־פַ֥סּוּ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃", "text": "*hôšîʿāh* *YHWH* for *gāmar* *ḥāsîd* for *passû* *ʾĕmûnîm* from *bənê* *ʾādām*", "grammar": { "*hôšîʿāh*": "hiphil imperative, masculine singular - save/deliver", "*YHWH*": "proper name, vocative - LORD", "*gāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - ceased/failed/ended", "*ḥāsîd*": "masculine singular noun - godly/faithful one", "*passû*": "qal perfect, 3rd person plural - disappeared/ceased", "*ʾĕmûnîm*": "masculine plural noun - faithful ones/faithful people", "*bənê*": "masculine plural construct - sons of", "*ʾādām*": "masculine singular noun - man/mankind/humanity" }, "variants": { "*hôšîʿāh*": "save/deliver/help", "*gāmar*": "ceased/ended/failed/disappeared", "*ḥāsîd*": "godly one/faithful one/pious one/loyal one", "*passû*": "disappeared/ceased/vanished", "*ʾĕmûnîm*": "faithful ones/trustworthy ones/reliable people", "*bənê ʾādām*": "sons of man/children of humanity/human beings" } } 3 { "verseID": "Psalms.12.3", "source": "שָׁ֤וְא ׀ יְֽדַבְּרוּ֮ אִ֤ישׁ אֶת־רֵ֫עֵ֥הוּ שְׂפַ֥ת חֲלָק֑וֹת בְּלֵ֖ב וָלֵ֣ב יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃", "text": "*šāwʾ* *yədabbərû* *ʾîš* with *rēʿēhû* *śəp̄aṯ* *ḥălāqôṯ* with *lēḇ* and *lēḇ* *yədabbērû*", "grammar": { "*šāwʾ*": "masculine singular noun - falseness/emptiness/vanity", "*yədabbərû*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they speak", "*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun - man/each", "*rēʿēhû*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person suffix - his neighbor", "*śəp̄aṯ*": "feminine singular construct - lip of/speech of", "*ḥălāqôṯ*": "feminine plural noun - smoothness/flattery", "*lēḇ*": "masculine singular noun - heart", "*yədabbērû*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they speak" }, "variants": { "*šāwʾ*": "falsehood/emptiness/vanity/worthlessness", "*ʾîš*": "each one/each man/everyone", "*rēʿēhû*": "his neighbor/his friend/his fellow", "*śəp̄aṯ ḥălāqôṯ*": "smooth lips/flattering speech/smooth words", "*lēḇ wālēḇ*": "double heart/divided heart/with insincerity" } }
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Proverbs.20.19", "source": "גּֽוֹלֶה־סּ֭וֹד הוֹלֵ֣ךְ רָכִ֑יל וּלְפֹתֶ֥ה שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִתְעָרָֽב׃", "text": "*gôleh*-*sôd* *hôlēk* *rākîl* and-to-*pōteh* *śəpātāyw* not *titʿārāb*", "grammar": { "*gôleh*": "verb, Qal participle masculine singular - revealing", "*sôd*": "noun, masculine singular - secret/confidence", "*hôlēk*": "verb, Qal participle masculine singular - walking/going about", "*rākîl*": "noun, masculine singular - slander/gossip", "*pōteh*": "verb, Qal participle masculine singular - opening wide", "*śəpātāyw*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his lips", "*titʿārāb*": "verb, Hithpael imperfect 2nd masculine singular - associate yourself" }, "variants": { "*gôleh*": "revealing/uncovering/exposing", "*sôd*": "secret/confidence/council", "*hôlēk*": "walks/goes about/travels", "*rākîl*": "slander/gossip/tale bearer", "*pōteh*": "opening wide/enticing/persuading", "*śəpātāyw*": "his lips/speech", "*titʿārāb*": "associate yourself/get involved with/mix with" } }
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Proverbs.29.5", "source": "גֶּ֭בֶר מַחֲלִ֣יק עַל־רֵעֵ֑הוּ רֶ֝֗שֶׁת פּוֹרֵ֥שׂ עַל־פְּעָמָֽיו׃", "text": "*geḇer* *maḥălîq* *ʿal*-*rēʿēhû* *rešet* *pôrēś* *ʿal*-*pəʿāmāyw*", "grammar": { "*geḇer*": "noun, masculine singular - man/strong man", "*maḥălîq*": "hiphil participle, masculine singular - making smooth/flattering", "*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/concerning", "*rēʿēhû*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his neighbor/friend", "*rešet*": "noun, feminine singular - net/snare", "*pôrēś*": "qal participle, masculine singular - spreading/stretching", "*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/over", "*pəʿāmāyw*": "noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his steps/feet" }, "variants": { "*geḇer*": "man/strong man", "*maḥălîq*": "flattering/making smooth/speaking smoothly to", "*ʿal-rēʿēhû*": "to his neighbor/concerning his friend", "*rešet*": "net/snare/trap", "*pôrēś*": "spreads/stretches out", "*ʿal-pəʿāmāyw*": "over his steps/for his feet/in his path" } }
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Lamentations.4.17", "source": "עוֹדֵ֙ינוּ֙ תִּכְלֶ֣ינָה עֵינֵ֔ינוּ אֶל־עֶזְרָתֵ֖נוּ הָ֑בֶל בְּצִפִּיָּתֵ֣נוּ צִפִּ֔ינוּ אֶל־גּ֖וֹי לֹ֥א יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃", "text": "Still *ʿôḏênû* *tiḵlenâ* our *ʿênênû* to our *ʿezrāṯēnû* *hāḇel*; in our *ṣippiyyāṯēnû* we *ṣippînû* to *gôy* not *yôšîaʿ*", "grammar": { "*ʿôḏênû*": "adverb + 1st common plural suffix - while we/still we", "*tiḵlenâ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - they fail/come to an end", "*ʿênênû*": "feminine dual noun with 1st common plural suffix - our eyes", "*ʾel-ʿezrāṯēnû*": "preposition + feminine singular noun with 1st common plural suffix - to our help", "*hāḇel*": "masculine singular noun - vanity/emptiness", "*bə-ṣippiyyāṯēnû*": "preposition + feminine singular noun with 1st common plural suffix - in our watching", "*ṣippînû*": "Piel perfect, 1st common plural - we watched expectantly", "*ʾel-gôy*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - to a nation", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yôšîaʿ*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he saves" }, "variants": { "*ʿôḏênû*": "still we/yet we/while we", "*tiḵlenâ*": "fail/come to end/waste away", "*ʿezrāṯēnû*": "our help/our assistance/our aid", "*hāḇel*": "vanity/emptiness/futility", "*ṣippiyyāṯēnû*": "our watching/our looking out/our expectation", "*ṣippînû*": "we watched expectantly/we looked out/we waited", "*yôšîaʿ*": "saves/delivers/rescues" } }
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 { "verseID": "1 Thessalonians.2.5", "source": "Οὔτε γάρ ποτε ἐν λόγῳ κολακείας ἐγενήθημεν, καθὼς οἴδατε, οὔτε ἐν προφάσει πλεονεξίας· Θεὸς μάρτυς:", "text": "*Oute* *gar* *pote* in *logō* of *kolakeias* we *egenēthēmen*, *kathōs* *oidate*, *oute* in *prophasei* of *pleonexias*; *Theos* *martys*:", "grammar": { "*Oute*": "negative conjunction - neither/nor", "*gar*": "postpositive particle - for/because", "*pote*": "temporal adverb - ever/at any time", "*logō*": "dative, masculine, singular - word/speech", "*kolakeias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - flattery", "*egenēthēmen*": "aorist passive indicative, 1st person plural - we were/became", "*kathōs*": "comparative adverb - just as/according as", "*oidate*": "perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural - you know", "*prophasei*": "dative, feminine, singular - pretext/excuse", "*pleonexias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - greed/covetousness", "*Theos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - God", "*martys*": "nominative, masculine, singular - witness" }, "variants": { "*egenēthēmen*": "we were/became/appeared/came", "*prophasei*": "pretext/excuse/pretense", "*pleonexias*": "greed/covetousness/avarice" } }
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Exodus.20.5", "source": "לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחְוֶ֥֣ה לָהֶ֖ם֮ וְלֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ כִּ֣י אֽ͏ָנֹכִ֞י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵ֣ל קַנָּ֔א פֹּ֠קֵד עֲוֺ֨ן אָבֹ֧ת עַל־בָּנִ֛ים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִ֖ים לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י׃", "text": "*lōʾ-ṯishtaḥăweh lāhem wə-lōʾ ṯāʿāḇəḏēm kî ʾānōḵî YHWH ʾĕlōheḵā ʾēl qannāʾ pōqēḏ ʿăwōn ʾāḇōṯ ʿal-bānîm ʿal-shillēshîm wə-ʿal-ribēʿîm lə-śōnəʾāy*", "grammar": { "*lōʾ-ṯishtaḥăweh*": "negative particle + hishtaphel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall not bow down", "*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them", "*wə-lōʾ ṯāʿāḇəḏēm*": "conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and you shall not serve them", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ʾānōḵî*": "1st person singular pronoun - I", "*YHWH*": "proper name - LORD/YHWH", "*ʾĕlōheḵā*": "masculine plural noun construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God", "*ʾēl qannāʾ*": "masculine singular noun + adjective - jealous God", "*pōqēḏ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - visiting/punishing", "*ʿăwōn*": "masculine singular construct - iniquity of", "*ʾāḇōṯ*": "masculine plural noun - fathers", "*ʿal-bānîm*": "preposition + masculine plural noun - upon children", "*ʿal-shillēshîm*": "preposition + masculine plural ordinal - upon third [generation]", "*wə-ʿal-ribēʿîm*": "conjunction + preposition + masculine plural ordinal - and upon fourth [generation]", "*lə-śōnəʾāy*": "preposition + qal participle plural construct with 1st singular suffix - to those hating me" }, "variants": { "*ṯishtaḥăweh*": "bow down/prostrate yourself/worship", "*ṯāʿāḇəḏēm*": "serve them/worship them/be enslaved to them", "*ʾēl qannāʾ*": "jealous God/zealous God/passionate God", "*pōqēḏ*": "visiting/punishing/attending to", "*ʿăwōn*": "iniquity/guilt/punishment", "*lə-śōnəʾāy*": "to those who hate me/to my enemies" } }
  • Deut 28:65 : 65 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.28.65", "source": "וּבַגּוֹיִ֤ם הָהֵם֙ לֹ֣א תַרְגִּ֔יעַ וְלֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה מָנ֖וֹחַ לְכַף־רַגְלֶ֑ךָ וְנָתַן֩ יְהוָ֨ה לְךָ֥ שָׁם֙ לֵ֣ב רַגָּ֔ז וְכִלְי֥וֹן עֵינַ֖יִם וְדֽ͏ַאֲב֥וֹן נָֽפֶשׁ׃", "text": "And among *gôyim* the those not *targîa'* and not *yihyeh* *mānôaḥ* to *kap*-*raglêkā*; and *nātan* *YHWH* to you there *lēb* *raggāz* and *kilyôn* *'ênayim* and *da'ăbôn* *nāpeš*.", "grammar": { "*gôyim*": "masculine plural construct - nations/gentiles", "*targîa'*": "hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will find rest", "*yihyeh*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - will be", "*mānôaḥ*": "masculine singular noun - rest/resting place", "*kap*": "construct form - sole/palm", "*raglêkā*": "feminine dual noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your feet", "*nātan*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he gave/will give", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*lēb*": "masculine singular noun - heart", "*raggāz*": "adjective masculine singular - trembling/quivering", "*kilyôn*": "masculine singular noun - failing/longing", "*'ênayim*": "feminine dual noun - eyes", "*da'ăbôn*": "masculine singular noun - sorrow/anguish", "*nāpeš*": "feminine singular noun - soul/life/being" }, "variants": { "*gôyim*": "nations/gentiles/peoples", "*targîa'*": "find rest/be at ease/settle", "*mānôaḥ*": "rest/resting place/respite", "*lēb raggāz*": "trembling heart/anxious mind/fearful heart", "*kilyôn 'ênayim*": "failing of eyes/yearning of eyes/wasting away of sight", "*da'ăbôn nāpeš*": "sorrow of soul/anguish of being/despair of life" } }
  • 1 Kgs 11:12 : 12 { "verseID": "1 Kings.11.12", "source": "אַךְ־בְּיָמֶ֙יךָ֙ לֹ֣א אֶעֱשֶׂ֔נָּה לְמַ֖עַן דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑יךָ מִיַּ֥ד בִּנְךָ֖ אֶקְרָעֶֽנָּה׃", "text": "Only-in-your-*yāmeykā* not *ʾeʿĕsennāh* for-*maʿan* *Dāwid* your-*ʾāḇīkā*; from-*yad* your-*binkā* *ʾeqrāʿennāh*.", "grammar": { "*yāmeykā*": "noun, masculine, plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your days", "*ʾeʿĕsennāh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st common singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - I will do it", "*maʿan*": "preposition - for the sake of", "*Dāwid*": "proper noun, masculine - David", "*ʾāḇīkā*": "noun, masculine, singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your father", "*yad*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct - hand of", "*binkā*": "noun, masculine, singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your son", "*ʾeqrāʿennāh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st common singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - I will tear it" }, "variants": { "*ʾeʿĕsennāh*": "I will do it/I will carry it out", "*maʿan*": "for the sake of/because of/on account of", "*yad*": "hand/power/authority" } }