Verse 23

{ "verseID": "Job.19.23", "source": "‫מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֵ֭פוֹ וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן מִלָּ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֖ן בַּסֵּ֣פֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃‬", "text": "*mî-yittēn* *ʾēpô* *wə-yikkātəbūn* *millāy* *mî-yittēn* *bassēper* *wə-yuḥāqū*", "grammar": { "*mî-yittēn*": "interrogative + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - who will give (idiomatic: would that)", "*ʾēpô*": "particle - now/then", "*wə-yikkātəbūn*": "waw conjunction + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + paragogic nun - that they would be written", "*millāy*": "noun common feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my words", "*mî-yittēn*": "interrogative + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - who will give (idiomatic: would that)", "*bassēper*": "preposition + definite article + noun common masculine singular - in the book", "*wə-yuḥāqū*": "waw conjunction + hophal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - that they would be inscribed" }, "variants": { "*nātan*": "to give/put/set", "*kātab*": "to write/inscribe/record", "*millāh*": "word/speech/utterance", "*sēper*": "book/document/scroll", "*ḥāqaq*": "to inscribe/decree/engrave" } }

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 30:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Isaiah.30.8", "source": "עַתָּה בּוֹא כָתְבָהּ עַל־לוּחַ אִתָּם וְעַל־סֵפֶר חֻקָּהּ וּתְהִי לְיוֹם אַחֲרוֹן לָעַד עַד־עוֹלָם׃", "text": "Now, *bôʾ* *kotebāh* upon a *lûaḥ* with them and upon a *sēper* *ḥuqqāh*, and *tehî* for a day *ʾaḥărôn*, for a witness unto *ʿôlām*.", "grammar": { "*bôʾ*": "qal imperative masculine singular - go/come", "*kotebāh*": "qal imperative masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - write it", "*lûaḥ*": "masculine singular noun - tablet/board", "*sēper*": "masculine singular noun - book/scroll/document", "*ḥuqqāh*": "qal imperative masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - inscribe it", "*tehî*": "qal jussive 3rd person feminine singular - let it be", "*ʾaḥărôn*": "masculine singular adjective - latter/future/last", "*ʿôlām*": "masculine singular noun - forever/eternity" }, "variants": { "*bôʾ*": "go/come/enter", "*kotebāh*": "write it/inscribe it", "*lûaḥ*": "tablet/board/panel", "*sēper*": "book/scroll/document/letter", "*ḥuqqāh*": "inscribe it/engrave it", "*tehî*": "let it be/may it become", "*ʾaḥărôn*": "latter/future/last/coming", "*ʿôlām*": "forever/eternity/perpetuity" } }
  • Job 31:35 : 35 { "verseID": "Job.31.35", "source": "מִ֤י יִתֶּן־לִ֨י ׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤עַֽ לִ֗י הֶן־תָּ֭וִי שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְסֵ֥פֶר כָּ֝תַ֗ב אִ֣ישׁ רִיבִֽי׃", "text": "Who *yitten-lî šōmēaʿ lî* behold-*tāwî šadday yaʿănēnî* and-*sēper kātaḇ ʾîš rîḇî*", "grammar": { "*yitten*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he gives", "*šōmēaʿ*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - one hearing", "*tāwî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my mark/signature", "*šadday*": "divine name - Almighty/Shaddai", "*yaʿănēnî*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he answers me", "*sēper*": "noun, masculine singular - book/document", "*kātaḇ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he wrote", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular construct - man of", "*rîḇî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my adversary" }, "variants": { "*mî yitten-lî*": "who would give me/oh that I had", "*šōmēaʿ*": "hearer/one who hears/listener", "*tāwî*": "my mark/my signature/my sign", "*šadday*": "the Almighty/Shaddai", "*yaʿănēnî*": "would answer me/would respond to me", "*sēper*": "book/document/scroll", "*ʾîš rîḇî*": "man of my contention/my accuser/my opponent" } }
  • Isa 8:1 : 1 { "verseID": "Isaiah.8.1", "source": "וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י קַח־לְךָ֖ גִּלָּי֣וֹן גָּד֑וֹל וּכְתֹ֤ב עָלָיו֙ בְּחֶ֣רֶט אֱנ֔וֹשׁ לְמַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז׃", "text": "*wə-yōʾmer* *YHWH* to-me *qaḥ-ləkā* *gillāyôn* *gādôl* and-*kətōb* on-it with-*ḥereṭ* *ʾĕnôš* to-*mahēr šālāl ḥāš baz*", "grammar": { "*wə-yōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said/spoke", "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*qaḥ-ləkā*": "qal imperative masculine singular + preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - take for yourself", "*gillāyôn*": "noun masculine singular - tablet/scroll/writing surface", "*gādôl*": "adjective masculine singular - large/great", "*kətōb*": "qal imperative masculine singular - write", "*ḥereṭ*": "noun masculine singular construct - stylus/engraving tool", "*ʾĕnôš*": "noun masculine singular - man/common person", "*mahēr šālāl ḥāš baz*": "phrase meaning 'quick to plunder, swift to spoil' - symbolic name" }, "variants": { "*gillāyôn*": "tablet/large scroll/writing surface", "*ḥereṭ ʾĕnôš*": "stylus of man/common writing tool/ordinary pen", "*mahēr šālāl ḥāš baz*": "quick to the spoil, swift to the prey/hasten to plunder, hurry to loot/speed to the spoil, haste to the prey" } }