Verse 3

{ "verseID": "Job.27.3", "source": "כִּֽי־כָל־ע֣וֹד נִשְׁמָתִ֣י בִ֑י וְר֖וּחַ אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּאַפִּֽי׃", "text": "*kî-kol-ʿôd* *nišmāṯî* *ḇî* *wə-rûaḥ* *ʾĕlôah* *bəʾappî*", "grammar": { "*kî-kol-ʿôd*": "conjunction + noun masculine singular construct + adverb - for all time that/as long as", "*nišmāṯî*": "noun feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my breath", "*ḇî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - in me", "*wə-rûaḥ*": "conjunction + noun feminine singular construct - and breath/spirit of", "*ʾĕlôah*": "noun masculine singular - God", "*bəʾappî*": "preposition + noun masculine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - in my nostrils" }, "variants": { "*nəšāmâ*": "breath/spirit", "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/breath/wind", "*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity", "*ʾap̄*": "nostril/nose/face/anger" } }

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Genesis.2.7", "source": "וַיִּיצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֗ם עָפָר֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וַיִּפַּ֥ח בְּאַפָּ֖יו נִשְׁמַ֣ת חַיִּ֑ים וַֽיְהִ֥י הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּֽה׃", "text": "*wayyîṣer YHWH ʾĕlōhîm ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām ʿāp̄ār min-hāʾăḏāmāh wayyippaḥ bəʾappāyw nišmaṯ ḥayyîm wayəhî hāʾāḏām lənep̄eš ḥayyāh*", "grammar": { "*wayyîṣer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he formed", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "noun, masculine, singular - dust", "*min-hāʾăḏāmāh*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - from the ground", "*wayyippaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he breathed", "*bəʾappāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine, dual + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - into his nostrils", "*nišmaṯ*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - breath of", "*ḥayyîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - life", "*wayəhî*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he became", "*hāʾāḏām*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*lənep̄eš*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular construct - to/for a being of", "*ḥayyāh*": "adjective, feminine, singular - living" }, "variants": { "*wayyîṣer*": "formed/fashioned/shaped", "*hāʾāḏām*": "the man/the human/Adam", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "dust/soil/earth/clay", "*hāʾăḏāmāh*": "the ground/the soil/the earth", "*wayyippaḥ*": "breathed/blew", "*bəʾappāyw*": "in his nostrils/in his nose", "*nišmaṯ ḥayyîm*": "breath of life/living breath", "*nep̄eš ḥayyāh*": "living being/living creature/living soul" } }
  • Job 33:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Job.33.4", "source": "רֽוּחַ־אֵ֥ל עָשָׂ֑תְנִי וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י תְּחַיֵּֽנִי׃", "text": "*rûaḥ*-*ʾēl* *'āśātnî* *wənišmat* *šadday* *təḥayyēnî*", "grammar": { "*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - spirit/breath of", "*ʾēl*": "noun, masculine singular - God/deity", "*'āśātnî*": "qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - she has made me", "*wənišmat*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - and breath of", "*šadday*": "proper noun, masculine - Almighty/Shaddai", "*təḥayyēnî*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - she gives me life" }, "variants": { "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/breath/wind", "*ʾēl*": "God/deity/divine being", "*'āśātnî*": "has made me/created me/formed me", "*nišmat*": "breath/spirit", "*šadday*": "Almighty/All-sufficient/Most Powerful", "*təḥayyēnî*": "gives me life/sustains me/enlivens me" } }
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Isaiah.2.22", "source": "חִדְל֤וּ לָכֶם֙ מִן־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְשָׁמָ֖ה בְּאַפּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־בַמֶּ֥ה נֶחְשָׁ֖ב הֽוּא׃ פ", "text": "*Ḥidlû* to-you from-the-*ʾādām* who *nəšāmâ* in-*ʾappô*, for-in-what *neḥšāb* he?", "grammar": { "*ḥidlû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - cease/stop/refrain", "*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to/for you", "*min-hā-ʾādām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - from mankind/humanity", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which", "*nəšāmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - breath", "*bə-ʾappô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his nostrils", "*kî-ba-mmê*": "conjunction + preposition + interrogative pronoun - for in what", "*neḥšāb*": "verb, niphal participle, masculine singular - is accounted/valued", "*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he" }, "variants": { "*ḥidlû*": "cease/stop/refrain/desist", "*ʾādām*": "mankind/humanity/man", "*nəšāmâ*": "breath/life/spirit", "*ʾappô*": "his nostrils/nose/face", "*neḥšāb*": "is accounted/valued/regarded/esteemed", "*ba-mmê neḥšāb hûʾ*": "of what account is he/how is he to be valued" } }
  • Acts 17:25 : 25 { "verseID": "Acts.17.25", "source": "Οὐδὲ ὑπὸ χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων θεραπεύεται, προσδεόμενός τινος, αὐτὸς διδοὺς πᾶσι ζωὴν, καὶ πνοὴν, καὶ τὰ πάντα·", "text": "Neither by *cheirōn* of *anthrōpōn* is he *therapeuetai*, *prosdeomenos* of anything, himself *didous* to all *zōēn*, and *pnoēn*, and all things;", "grammar": { "*cheirōn*": "genitive plural feminine - of hands", "*anthrōpōn*": "genitive plural masculine - of humans", "*therapeuetai*": "present passive indicative, 3rd person singular - is served/cared for", "*prosdeomenos*": "present middle participle, nominative singular masculine - needing in addition", "*didous*": "present active participle, nominative singular masculine - giving", "*zōēn*": "accusative singular feminine - life", "*pnoēn*": "accusative singular feminine - breath" }, "variants": { "*therapeuetai*": "is served/is cared for/is ministered to", "*prosdeomenos*": "needing in addition/requiring/being in want of", "*didous*": "giving/granting/providing", "*zōēn*": "life/existence", "*pnoēn*": "breath/breathing/respiration" } }
  • Job 32:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Job.32.8", "source": "אָ֭כֵן רֽוּחַ־הִ֣יא בֶאֱנ֑וֹשׁ וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י תְּבִינֵֽם׃", "text": "Truly *ʾākēn* spirit-*rûaḥ*-*hîʾ* in *beʾĕnôš* and breath of *wənišmat* *šadday* *təbînēm*", "grammar": { "*ʾākēn*": "adverb - truly/indeed", "*rûaḥ*": "noun feminine singular - spirit", "*hîʾ*": "3rd person feminine singular pronoun - it/she", "*beʾĕnôš*": "preposition bet + noun masculine singular - in man/mankind", "*wənišmat*": "waw conjunction + noun feminine singular construct - and breath of", "*šadday*": "divine name - Almighty", "*təbînēm*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd person feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - gives them understanding" }, "variants": { "*ʾākēn*": "truly/surely/indeed", "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/wind/breath", "*beʾĕnôš*": "in man/in mankind/in people", "*nišmat šadday*": "breath of the Almighty/inspiration of the Almighty", "*təbînēm*": "gives them understanding/makes them understand/teaches them" } }