5 {
"verseID": "Job.29.5",
"source": "בְּע֣וֹד שַׁ֭דַּי עִמָּדִ֑י סְבִ֖יבוֹתַ֣י נְעָרָֽי",
"text": "*bə-ʿôd* *šadday* *ʿimmādî* *səbîbôtay* *nəʿārāy*",
"grammar": {
"*bə-ʿôd*": "preposition + adverb - while yet/still",
"*šadday*": "divine name - Almighty",
"*ʿimmādî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me",
"*səbîbôtay*": "noun, feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my surroundings",
"*nəʿārāy*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my young men/servants"
},
"variants": {
"*šadday*": "Almighty/All-sufficient One",
"*nəʿārāy*": "my young men/servants/attendants/children"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Job.29.6",
"source": "בִּרְחֹ֣ץ הֲלִיכַ֣י בְּחֵמָ֑ה וְצ֥וּר יָצ֥וּק עִ֝מָּדִ֗י פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן",
"text": "*bi-rḥōṣ* *hălîkay* *bə-ḥēmāh* *wə-ṣûr* *yāṣûq* *ʿimmādî* *palgê-šāmen*",
"grammar": {
"*bi-rḥōṣ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - in washing/when I washed",
"*hălîkay*": "noun, feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my steps/ways/paths",
"*bə-ḥēmāh*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - in butter/cream/curds",
"*wə-ṣûr*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and rock",
"*yāṣûq*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it poured out",
"*ʿimmādî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me",
"*palgê-šāmen*": "noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - streams of oil"
},
"variants": {
"*bi-rḥōṣ*": "when I washed/bathed/cleansed",
"*hălîkay*": "my steps/ways/goings",
"*bə-ḥēmāh*": "in butter/cream/curds/dairy products",
"*ṣûr*": "rock/cliff/boulder",
"*yāṣûq*": "poured out/flowed/gushed",
"*palgê-šāmen*": "streams of oil/rivers of olive oil"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Job.29.7",
"source": "בְּצֵ֣אתִי שַׁ֣עַר עֲלֵי־קָ֑רֶת בָּ֝רְח֗וֹב אָכִ֥ין מוֹשָׁבִֽי",
"text": "*bə-ṣēʾtî* *šaʿar* *ʿălê-qāret* *bā-rəḥôb* *ʾākîn* *môšābî*",
"grammar": {
"*bə-ṣēʾtî*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - when I went out",
"*šaʿar*": "noun, masculine singular - gate",
"*ʿălê-qāret*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - to/toward city",
"*bā-rəḥôb*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in the street/plaza/open area",
"*ʾākîn*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I prepared/set up",
"*môšābî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my seat"
},
"variants": {
"*bə-ṣēʾtî*": "when I went out/came forth",
"*šaʿar*": "gate/entrance/doorway",
"*qāret*": "city/town",
"*rəḥôb*": "street/plaza/broad place/town square",
"*ʾākîn*": "I prepared/established/set up"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Job.29.8",
"source": "רָא֣וּנִי נְעָרִ֣ים וְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁים קָ֣מוּ עָמָֽדוּ",
"text": "*rāʾûnî* *nəʿārîm* *wə-neḥbāʾû* *wî-šîšîm* *qāmû* *ʿāmādû*",
"grammar": {
"*rāʾûnî*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person plural + 1st person singular suffix - they saw me",
"*nəʿārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - young men",
"*wə-neḥbāʾû*": "conjunction + Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - and they hid themselves",
"*wî-šîšîm*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and aged men/elders",
"*qāmû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they arose",
"*ʿāmādû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they stood"
},
"variants": {
"*nəʿārîm*": "young men/boys/youths/servants",
"*neḥbāʾû*": "they hid themselves/withdrew",
"*šîšîm*": "aged men/elders/old men",
"*ʿāmādû*": "they stood/stood up/took their stand"
}
}