{
"verseID": "Job.34.20",
"source": "רֶ֤גַע ׀ יָמֻתוּ֮ וַחֲצ֢וֹת לָ֥יְלָה יְגֹעֲשׁ֣וּ עָ֣ם וְיַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְיָסִ֥ירוּ אַ֝בִּ֗יר לֹ֣א בְיָֽד׃",
"text": "*regaʿ* *yāmutû* *waḥăṣôt* *laylāh* *yəgōʿăšû* *ʿām* *wə-yaʿăbōrû* *wə-yāsîrû* *ʾabbîr* *lōʾ* *bəyād*",
"grammar": {
"*regaʿ*": "masculine singular noun - moment/instant",
"*yāmutû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they die",
"*waḥăṣôt*": "waw conjunction + feminine singular construct noun - and at midnight",
"*laylāh*": "masculine singular noun - night",
"*yəgōʿăšû*": "Pual imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are shaken",
"*ʿām*": "masculine singular noun - people",
"*wə-yaʿăbōrû*": "waw conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they pass away",
"*wə-yāsîrû*": "waw conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they remove",
"*ʾabbîr*": "adjective, masculine singular - mighty one",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*bəyād*": "preposition + feminine singular noun - by hand"
},
"variants": {
"*regaʿ*": "moment/instant/suddenly",
"*yāmutû*": "they die/they perish/they expire",
"*ḥăṣôt laylāh*": "midnight/middle of night",
"*yəgōʿăšû*": "they are shaken/they are stirred up/they are agitated",
"*ʿām*": "people/folk/nation",
"*yaʿăbōrû*": "they pass away/they depart/they vanish",
"*yāsîrû*": "they remove/they take away/they depose",
"*ʾabbîr*": "mighty one/strong one/powerful person",
"*lōʾ bəyād*": "not by hand/without human agency/by no human power"
}
}