Verse 16

{ "verseID": "Job.3.16", "source": "א֤וֹ כְנֵ֣פֶל טָ֭מוּן לֹ֣א אֶהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים לֹא־רָ֥אוּ אֽוֹר׃", "text": "*ʾô kənēpel ṭāmûn lōʾ ʾehyeh kəʿōlălîm lōʾ-rāʾû ʾôr*", "grammar": { "*ʾô*": "conjunction - or", "*kənēpel*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a miscarriage", "*ṭāmûn*": "verb, Qal passive participle, masculine singular - hidden", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ʾehyeh*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I would be", "*kəʿōlălîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - like infants", "*lōʾ-rāʾû*": "negative particle + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they did not see", "*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light" }, "variants": { "*nēpel*": "miscarriage/stillbirth/untimely birth", "*ṭāmûn*": "hidden/buried/concealed", "*ʾehyeh*": "I would be/I would have been", "*ʿōlălîm*": "infants/babies/children", "*rāʾû*": "they saw/they experienced" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • 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" } }
  • Eccl 6:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.3", "source": "אִם־יוֹלִ֣יד אִ֣ישׁ מֵאָ֡ה וְשָׁנִים֩ רַבּ֨וֹת יִֽחְיֶ֜ה וְרַ֣ב ׀ שֶׁיִּהְי֣וּ יְמֵֽי־שָׁנָ֗יו וְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ לֹא־תִשְׂבַּ֣ע מִן־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה וְגַם־קְבוּרָ֖ה לֹא־הָ֣יְתָה לּ֑וֹ אָמַ֕רְתִּי ט֥וֹב מִמֶּ֖נּוּ הַנָּֽפֶל׃", "text": "If-*yôlîd* *ʾîš* hundred and-*šānîm* *rabbôṯ* *yiḥyeh* and-many *šeyyihyû* *yəmê-šānāyw* and-*nap̄šô* not-*tiśbaʿ* from-the-*haṭṭôḇāh* and-also-*qəḇûrāh* not-*hāyəṯāh* to-him, *ʾāmartî* *ṭôḇ* from-him the-*hannāp̄el*.", "grammar": { "*yôlîd*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he begets", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*šānîm*": "noun, feminine plural - years", "*rabbôṯ*": "adjective, feminine plural - many/numerous", "*yiḥyeh*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will live", "*šeyyihyû*": "relative conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - that they will be", "*yəmê-šānāyw*": "construct state: noun, masculine plural construct + noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - days of his years", "*nap̄šô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul", "*tiśbaʿ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she is satisfied/filled", "*haṭṭôḇāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the good/goodness", "*qəḇûrāh*": "noun, feminine singular - burial/grave", "*hāyəṯāh*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she was/became", "*ʾāmartî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I say/said", "*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good/better", "*hannāp̄el*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the miscarriage/stillborn" }, "variants": { "*yôlîd*": "begets/fathers/brings forth", "*tiśbaʿ*": "is satisfied/is filled/has enough", "*haṭṭôḇāh*": "the good/the goodness/the prosperity", "*qəḇûrāh*": "burial/grave/tomb", "*ʾāmartî*": "I say/I declare/I pronounce", "*hannāp̄el*": "the miscarriage/the stillborn/the untimely birth" } }
  • 1 Cor 15:8 : 8 { "verseID": "1 Corinthians.15.8", "source": "Ἔσχατον δὲ πάντων ὡσπερεὶ τῷ ἐκτρώματι, ὤφθη κἀμοί.", "text": "*Eschaton de pantōn hōsperei* the *ektrōmati*, he *ōphthē kamoi*", "grammar": { "*Eschaton*": "adverbial accusative, neuter, singular - last", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*pantōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - of all", "*hōsperei*": "conjunction - as if/as it were", "*ektrōmati*": "dative, neuter, singular - untimely birth/miscarriage", "*ōphthē*": "aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was seen/appeared", "*kamoi*": "dative, 1st person singular (contracted) - to me also" }, "variants": { "*Eschaton*": "last/finally/lastly", "*de*": "but/and/now", "*pantōn*": "of all things/of all people", "*hōsperei*": "as if/as it were/like", "*ektrōmati*": "untimely birth/one abnormally born/miscarriage/abortion", "*ōphthē*": "was seen/appeared/showed himself", "*kamoi*": "to me also/even to me" } }