Verse 11

{ "verseID": "Job.3.11", "source": "לָ֤מָּה לֹּ֣א מֵרֶ֣חֶם אָמ֑וּת מִבֶּ֖טֶן יָצָ֣אתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע׃", "text": "*lāmmâ lōʾ mēreḥem ʾāmût mibbeṭen yāṣāʾtî wəʾegwāʿ*", "grammar": { "*lāmmâ*": "interrogative adverb - why", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*mēreḥem*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from womb", "*ʾāmût*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I die", "*mibbeṭen*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - from belly", "*yāṣāʾtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I came out", "*wəʾegwāʿ*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - and expire" }, "variants": { "*lāmmâ*": "why/for what reason", "*mēreḥem*": "from womb/from birth", "*ʾāmût*": "I die/I would die", "*mibbeṭen*": "from belly/from womb", "*yāṣāʾtî*": "I came out/I emerged/I was delivered", "*wəʾegwāʿ*": "and expire/and perish/and die" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:18-19 : 18 { "verseID": "Job.10.18", "source": "וְלָ֣מָּה מֵ֭רֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָ֑נִי אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע וְעַ֣יִן לֹא־תִרְאֵֽנִי׃", "text": "and why from *mēreḥem* *hōṣēʾtānî* *ʾegwaʿ* and *ʿayin* not *tirʾēnî*", "grammar": { "*mēreḥem*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from womb", "*hōṣēʾtānî*": "Hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - you brought me out", "*ʾegwaʿ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I expire/die", "*ʿayin*": "noun, common singular - eye", "*tirʾēnî*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 1st person suffix - it sees me" }, "variants": { "*mēreḥem*": "from womb/from birth", "*hōṣēʾtānî*": "you brought me out/you caused me to come out", "*ʾegwaʿ*": "I expire/I die/I perish", "*ʿayin*": "eye/sight" } } 19 { "verseID": "Job.10.19", "source": "כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־הָיִ֣יתִי אֶהְיֶ֑ה מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן לַקֶּ֥בֶר אוּבָֽל׃", "text": "as if not *hāyîtî* *ʾehyeh* from *mibbeṭen* to *laqqeber* *ʾûbāl*", "grammar": { "*hāyîtî*": "Qal perfect, 1st singular - I was", "*ʾehyeh*": "Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I would be", "*mibbeṭen*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from womb", "*laqqeber*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the grave", "*ʾûbāl*": "Hophal imperfect, 1st singular - I would be carried" }, "variants": { "*hāyîtî*": "I was/I existed", "*ʾehyeh*": "I would be/I would exist", "*mibbeṭen*": "from womb/from birth", "*ʾûbāl*": "I would be carried/I would be brought/I would be led" } }
  • Ps 22:9-9 : 9 { "verseID": "Psalms.22.9", "source": "גֹּ֣ל אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה יְפַלְּטֵ֑הוּ יַ֝צִּילֵ֗הוּ כִּ֘י חָ֥פֵֽץ בּֽוֹ׃", "text": "*gōl* to-*YHWH* *yəpallṭēhû yaṣṣîlēhû* for *ḥāpēṣ* in-him", "grammar": { "*gōl*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - 'roll/commit'", "*YHWH*": "divine name", "*yəpallṭēhû*": "verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular object suffix - 'let him deliver him'", "*yaṣṣîlēhû*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular object suffix - 'let him rescue him'", "*ḥāpēṣ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he delights'" }, "variants": { "*gōl*": "roll/commit/trust", "*yəpallṭēhû*": "let him deliver/rescue/save him", "*yaṣṣîlēhû*": "let him rescue/deliver/save him", "*ḥāpēṣ*": "he delights in/favors/is pleased with" } } 10 { "verseID": "Psalms.22.10", "source": "כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה גֹחִ֣י מִבָּ֑טֶן מַ֝בְטִיחִ֗י עַל־שְׁדֵ֥י אִמִּֽי׃", "text": "For-*ʾattâ* *gōḥî* from-*bāṭen* *mabṭîḥî* upon-*šədê ʾimmî*", "grammar": { "*ʾattâ*": "pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - 'you'", "*gōḥî*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular with 1st person suffix - 'my drawer out'", "*bāṭen*": "noun, feminine singular - 'womb/belly'", "*mabṭîḥî*": "verb, hiphil participle, masculine singular with 1st person suffix - 'my securer/trust-maker'", "*šədê*": "noun, masculine dual construct - 'breasts of'", "*ʾimmî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my mother'" }, "variants": { "*gōḥî*": "my drawer out/one who brought me forth", "*bāṭen*": "womb/belly/body", "*mabṭîḥî*": "my trust-maker/securer/one who made me trust" } }
  • Ps 58:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Psalms.58.8", "source": "‫יִמָּאֲס֣וּ כְמוֹ־מַ֭יִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ־לָ֑מוֹ יִדְרֹ֥ךְ *חצו* *חִ֝צָּ֗יו* כְּמ֣וֹ יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃‬", "text": "*yimmāʾăsû* *kəmô*-*mayim* *yithalləkû*-*lāmô* *yidrōk* *ḥiṣṣāyw* *kəmô* *yitmōlālû*", "grammar": { "*yimmāʾăsû*": "niphal 3mp imperfect - they melt away/dissolve/disappear", "*kəmô*-*mayim*": "preposition + masculine plural noun - like water", "*yithalləkû*-*lāmô*": "hithpael 3mp imperfect + preposition lamed with 3mp suffix - they go about for themselves", "*yidrōk*": "qal 3ms imperfect - he bends/treads/directs", "*ḥiṣṣāyw*": "masculine plural noun + 3ms suffix - his arrows", "*kəmô*": "preposition - like/as", "*yitmōlālû*": "hithpolel 3mp imperfect - they are cut off/wither/are weakened" }, "variants": { "*yimmāʾăsû*": "melt away/dissolve/disappear/flow away", "*yithalləkû*": "go about/walk around/flow", "*lāmô*": "to them/for themselves (poetic form)", "*yidrōk*": "bends/treads/directs/aims", "*ḥiṣṣāyw*": "his arrows (text note indicates Kethib [written] *חצו* vs. Qere [read] *חצָיו*)", "*yitmōlālû*": "are cut off/wither/are weakened/become limp" } }
  • Ps 71:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Psalms.71.6", "source": "עָלֶ֤יךָ ׀ נִסְמַ֬כְתִּי מִבֶּ֗טֶן מִמְּעֵ֣י אִ֭מִּי אַתָּ֣ה גוֹזִ֑י בְּךָ֖ תְהִלָּתִ֣י תָמִֽיד׃", "text": "Upon *ʿālêkā* *nismaktî* from *beṭen* from *məʿê* *ʾimmî* *ʾattāh* *gôzî* in *bəkā* *təhillātî* *tāmîd*", "grammar": { "*ʿālêkā*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'upon you'", "*nismaktî*": "niphal perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have been supported'", "*beṭen*": "noun, feminine singular - 'womb'", "*məʿê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - 'bowels of'", "*ʾimmî*": "noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my mother'", "*ʾattāh*": "2nd person masculine singular independent pronoun - 'you'", "*gôzî*": "qal participle with 1st person singular suffix - 'my cutter/deliverer'", "*bəkā*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'in you'", "*təhillātî*": "noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my praise'", "*tāmîd*": "adverb - 'continually/always'" }, "variants": { "*nismaktî*": "I have been supported/I have leaned/I have relied", "*beṭen*": "womb/belly/abdomen", "*məʿê*": "bowels/inward parts/womb", "*gôzî*": "my deliverer/my cutter/one who brought me forth", "*təhillātî*": "my praise/my song of praise/my object of praise", "*tāmîd*": "continually/always/regularly" } }
  • Ps 139:13-16 : 13 { "verseID": "Psalms.139.13", "source": "כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה קָנִ֣יתָ כִלְיֹתָ֑י תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִי בְּבֶ֣טֶן אִמִּֽי׃", "text": "For-*ʾattâ qānîtā* my-*kilyōtāy*; *təsukkēnî* in-*beṭen ʾimmî*", "grammar": { "*ʾattâ*": "independent personal pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you", "*qānîtā*": "verb, Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you created/formed/possessed", "*kilyōtāy*": "noun, feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my kidneys/inward parts", "*təsukkēnî*": "verb, Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you knit me together", "*beṭen*": "noun, feminine singular construct - womb of", "*ʾimmî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my mother" }, "variants": { "*qānîtā*": "created/formed/possessed/acquired", "*kilyōtāy*": "my kidneys/my inward parts/my innermost being", "*təsukkēnî*": "knit me together/weave me/cover me/protect me", "*beṭen*": "womb/belly/body" } } 14 { "verseID": "Psalms.139.14", "source": "אֽוֹדְךָ֗ עַ֤ל כִּ֥י נוֹרָא֗וֹת נִ֫פְלֵ֥יתִי נִפְלָאִ֥ים מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י יֹדַ֥עַת מְאֹֽד׃", "text": "*ʾôdəkā* on that *nôrāʾôt niplêtî*; *niplāʾîm maʿăśekā*, and-*napšî yōdaʿat* exceedingly", "grammar": { "*ʾôdəkā*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I praise you", "*nôrāʾôt*": "verb, Niphal participle feminine plural - fearfully/awesomely", "*niplêtî*": "verb, Niphal perfect 1st person singular - I am wonderfully made", "*niplāʾîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - wonderful/marvelous", "*maʿăśekā*": "noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your works", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*yōdaʿat*": "verb, Qal participle feminine singular - knowing" }, "variants": { "*ʾôdəkā*": "praise you/thank you/acknowledge you", "*nôrāʾôt*": "fearfully/awesomely/wonderfully", "*niplêtî*": "wonderfully made/set apart/distinguished", "*niplāʾîm*": "wonderful/marvelous/extraordinary", "*maʿăśekā*": "your works/your deeds/your actions", "*napšî*": "my soul/my self/my being/my life", "*yōdaʿat*": "knowing/aware/conscious" } } 15 { "verseID": "Psalms.139.15", "source": "לֹא־נִכְחַ֥ד עָצְמִ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ אֲשֶׁר־עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי בַסֵּ֑תֶר רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּי בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת אָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "Not-*nikḥad ʿāṣmî* from-you when-*ʿuśśêtî bassēter*; *ruqqamtî* in-*taḥtiyyôt ʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*nikḥad*": "verb, Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it was hidden", "*ʿāṣmî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my bone/frame/substance", "*ʿuśśêtî*": "verb, Pual perfect 1st person singular - I was made", "*bassēter*": "preposition + definite article + noun - in the secret place", "*ruqqamtî*": "verb, Pual perfect 1st person singular - I was skillfully wrought/embroidered", "*taḥtiyyôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - depths of", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth" }, "variants": { "*nikḥad*": "hidden/concealed/kept secret", "*ʿāṣmî*": "my bone/my frame/my substance/my strength", "*ʿuśśêtî*": "made/formed/created", "*bassēter*": "in secret/in the hidden place/in privacy", "*ruqqamtî*": "skillfully wrought/embroidered/woven together", "*taḥtiyyôt*": "depths/lowest parts", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground" } } 16 { "verseID": "Psalms.139.16", "source": "גָּלְמִ֤י ׀ רָ֘א֤וּ עֵינֶ֗יךָ וְעַֽל־סִפְרְךָ֮ כֻּלָּ֢ם יִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּ יָמִ֥ים יֻצָּ֑רוּ *ולא **וְל֖וֹ אֶחָ֣ד בָּהֶֽם׃", "text": "*gālmî rāʾû ʿênêkā* and-upon-*siprəkā kullām yikkātēbû yāmîm yuṣṣārû* and-not/and-to-him *ʾeḥād bāhem*", "grammar": { "*gālmî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my unformed substance/embryo", "*rāʾû*": "verb, Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they saw", "*ʿênêkā*": "noun, feminine dual + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes", "*siprəkā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your book", "*kullām*": "noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all of them", "*yikkātēbû*": "verb, Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they were written", "*yāmîm*": "noun, masculine plural - days", "*yuṣṣārû*": "verb, Pual perfect 3rd person common plural - they were formed", "*ʾeḥād*": "numeral - one", "*bāhem*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in/among them" }, "variants": { "*gālmî*": "my unformed substance/my embryo/my developing body", "*rāʾû*": "saw/perceived/observed", "*siprəkā*": "your book/your scroll/your record", "*yikkātēbû*": "were written/were recorded", "*yāmîm*": "days/time", "*yuṣṣārû*": "were formed/were fashioned/were ordained", "*ʾeḥād*": "one/single/first", "*wəlōʾ*": "and not/though not", "*wəlô*": "and to him/yet for him" } }
  • Isa 46:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Isaiah.46.3", "source": "שִׁמְע֤וּ אֵלַי֙ בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְכָל־שְׁאֵרִ֖ית בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הַֽעֲמֻסִים֙ מִנִּי־בֶ֔טֶן הַנְּשֻׂאִ֖ים מִנִּי־רָֽחַם׃", "text": "*šimʿû* to-me *bêt Yaʿăqōb* wə-all-*šəʾērît bêt Yiśrāʾēl*, the-*ʿămûsîm* from-*beṭen*, the-*nəśûʾîm* from-*rāḥam*.", "grammar": { "*šimʿû*": "imperative, 2nd masculine plural - listen/hear", "*bêt*": "construct noun, masculine, singular - house of", "*Yaʿăqōb*": "proper noun - Jacob", "*šəʾērît*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct - remnant of", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*ʿămûsîm*": "passive participle, masculine, plural - carried/borne/loaded", "*beṭen*": "noun, feminine, singular - womb/belly", "*nəśûʾîm*": "passive participle, masculine, plural - carried/borne", "*rāḥam*": "noun, masculine, singular - womb" }, "variants": { "*šimʿû*": "hear/listen/obey", "*šəʾērît*": "remnant/remainder/rest", "*ʿămûsîm*": "carried/borne/loaded/burdened", "*beṭen*": "womb/belly/abdomen", "*nəśûʾîm*": "carried/borne/lifted", "*rāḥam*": "womb/compassion" } }
  • Jer 15:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.15.10", "source": "אֽוֹי־לִ֣י אִמִּ֔י כִּ֣י יְלִדְתִּ֗נִי אִ֥ישׁ רִ֛יב וְאִ֥ישׁ מָד֖וֹן לְכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ לֹֽא־נָשִׁ֥יתִי וְלֹא־נָֽשׁוּ־בִ֖י כֻּלֹּ֥ה מְקַלְלַֽונִי׃", "text": "Woe-to-me, my-mother, that *yəlidtinî* *ʾîš rîb* and-*ʾîš mādôn* to-all-*hā-ʾāreṣ*! Not-*nāšîtî* and-not-*nāšû-bî*, yet-all *məqalləlawnî*.", "grammar": { "*yəlidtinî*": "qal perfect 2nd feminine singular with 1st common singular suffix - you bore me", "*ʾîš*": "noun common masculine singular construct - man of", "*rîb*": "noun common masculine singular - strife/contention", "*mādôn*": "noun common masculine singular - contention/strife", "*hā-ʾāreṣ*": "article + noun common feminine singular - the land/earth", "*nāšîtî*": "qal perfect 1st common singular - I have lent", "*nāšû-bî*": "qal perfect 3rd common plural with preposition and 1st common singular suffix - they have lent to me", "*məqalləlawnî*": "piel participle masculine singular with 1st common singular suffix - cursing me" }, "variants": { "*ʾôy-lî*": "woe to me/alas for me", "*ʾîš rîb wə-ʾîš mādôn*": "man of strife and man of contention/man of conflict and man of dispute", "*lō-nāšîtî wə-lō-nāšû-bî*": "I have not lent, nor have they lent to me/I have neither borrowed nor have they borrowed from me", "*kullōh məqalləlawnî*": "everyone curses me/all of them curse me" } }
  • Hos 9:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Hosea.9.14", "source": "תֵּן־לָהֶ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה מַה־תִּתֵּ֑ן תֵּן־לָהֶם֙ רֶ֣חֶם מַשְׁכִּ֔יל וְשָׁדַ֖יִם צֹמְקִֽים׃", "text": "Give-to-them *YHWH* what-*tittēn*; give-to-them *reḥem* *maškîl* and-*šādayim* *ṣōmeqîm*.", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*tittēn*": "qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - 'you will give'", "*reḥem*": "masculine singular noun - 'womb'", "*maškîl*": "hifil participle masculine singular - 'causing miscarriage'", "*šādayim*": "masculine dual noun - 'breasts'", "*ṣōmeqîm*": "qal participle masculine plural - 'dried up/shriveled'" }, "variants": { "*tittēn*": "you will give/you should give", "*reḥem* *maškîl*": "miscarrying womb/barren womb", "*šādayim* *ṣōmeqîm*": "dried up breasts/shriveled breasts" } }