{ "verseID": "Job.25.1", "source": "וַ֭יַּעַן בִּלְדַּ֥ד הַשֻּׁחִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃", "text": "*wə-yaʿan bildad haššuḥī wə-yōʾmar*", "grammar": { "*wə-yaʿan*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and answered/responded", "*bildad*": "proper noun, masculine - Bildad", "*haššuḥī*": "definite article + gentilic adjective, masculine singular - the Shuhite", "*wə-yōʾmar*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and said" }, "variants": { "*yaʿan*": "to answer, respond, reply", "*yōʾmar*": "to say, speak, utter" } }

{ "verseID": "Job.25.2", "source": "הַמְשֵׁ֣ל וָפַ֣חַד עִמּ֑וֹ עֹשֶׂ֥ה שָׁ֝ל֗וֹם בִּמְרוֹמָֽיו׃", "text": "*hamšēl wā-paḥad ʿimmō ʿōśeh šālōm bimrōmāyw*", "grammar": { "*hamšēl*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular construct - the dominion/rule", "*wā-paḥad*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and dread/fear", "*ʿimmō*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him", "*ʿōśeh*": "qal participle, masculine singular - making/doing", "*šālōm*": "noun, masculine singular - peace", "*bimrōmāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his heights" }, "variants": { "*hamšēl*": "dominion, rule, authority", "*paḥad*": "dread, fear, terror", "*šālōm*": "peace, wholeness, harmony", "*mrōmāyw*": "heights, high places, heavens" } }

{ "verseID": "Job.25.3", "source": "הֲיֵ֣שׁ מִ֭סְפָּר לִגְדוּדָ֑יו וְעַל־מִ֝֗י לֹא־יָק֥וּם אוֹרֵֽהוּ׃", "text": "*hă-yēš mispār ligdūdāyw wə-ʿal-mī lōʾ-yāqūm ʾōrēhū*", "grammar": { "*hă-yēš*": "interrogative particle + existential particle - is there?", "*mispār*": "noun, masculine singular - number/count", "*ligdūdāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his troops", "*wə-ʿal-mī*": "conjunction + preposition + interrogative pronoun - and upon whom", "*lōʾ-yāqūm*": "negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - does not arise", "*ʾōrēhū*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his light" }, "variants": { "*mispār*": "number, count, limit", "*gdūdāyw*": "troops, bands, raiders", "*yāqūm*": "to arise, stand, be established", "*ʾōrēhū*": "his light, illumination, radiance" } }

{ "verseID": "Job.25.4", "source": "וּמַה־יִּצְדַּ֣ק אֱנ֣וֹשׁ עִם־אֵ֑ל וּמַה־יִּ֝זְכֶּ֗ה יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃", "text": "*ū-mah-yiṣdaq ʾĕnōš ʿim-ʾēl ū-mah-yizkeh yəlūd ʾiššāh*", "grammar": { "*ū-mah-yiṣdaq*": "conjunction + interrogative + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and how can be justified", "*ʾĕnōš*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mortal", "*ʿim-ʾēl*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - with God", "*ū-mah-yizkeh*": "conjunction + interrogative + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and how can be pure", "*yəlūd*": "qal passive participle, masculine singular construct - born of", "*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine singular - woman" }, "variants": { "*yiṣdaq*": "to be righteous, justified, right", "*ʾĕnōš*": "man, mortal, mankind", "*ʾēl*": "God, deity, divine being", "*yizkeh*": "to be pure, clean, innocent", "*yəlūd*": "born, offspring", "*ʾiššāh*": "woman, wife, female" } }

{ "verseID": "Job.25.5", "source": "הֵ֣ן עַד־יָ֭רֵחַ וְלֹ֣א יַאֲהִ֑יל וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃", "text": "*hēn ʿad-yārēaḥ wə-lōʾ yaʾăhīl wə-kōkābīm lōʾ-zakkū bəʿēnāyw*", "grammar": { "*hēn*": "demonstrative particle - behold", "*ʿad-yārēaḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - even the moon", "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*yaʾăhīl*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - shines/is bright", "*wə-kōkābīm*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and stars", "*lōʾ-zakkū*": "negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - are not pure", "*bəʿēnāyw*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his eyes" }, "variants": { "*hēn*": "behold, look, see", "*yārēaḥ*": "moon", "*yaʾăhīl*": "to shine, be bright, illuminate", "*kōkābīm*": "stars, celestial bodies", "*zakkū*": "to be pure, clean, bright", "*ʿēnāyw*": "eyes, sight, presence" } }

{ "verseID": "Job.25.6", "source": "אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אֱנ֣וֹשׁ רִמָּ֑ה וּבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃", "text": "*ʾaf kī-ʾĕnōš rimmāh ū-ben-ʾādām tōlēʿāh*", "grammar": { "*ʾaf*": "adverb - how much more/also", "*kī-ʾĕnōš*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - that man", "*rimmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - maggot/worm", "*ū-ben-ʾādām*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - and son of man", "*tōlēʿāh*": "noun, feminine singular - worm" }, "variants": { "*ʾaf*": "how much more, moreover, indeed", "*kī*": "that, because, when", "*ʾĕnōš*": "man, mortal, mankind", "*rimmāh*": "maggot, worm, decay", "*ben*": "son, child, descendant", "*ʾādām*": "man, human, mankind", "*tōlēʿāh*": "worm, grub, scarlet (dye)" } }