Verse 18

{ "verseID": "Job.6.18", "source": "יִ֭לָּ֣פְתוּ אָרְח֣וֹת דַּרְכָּ֑ם יַעֲל֖וּ בַתֹּ֣הוּ וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃", "text": "*yillāpətû ʾārəḥôt darkām yaʿălû battōhû wəyōʾbēdû*", "grammar": { "*yillāpətû*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they wind/turn aside", "*ʾārəḥôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - caravans of", "*darkām*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their way", "*yaʿălû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they go up", "*battōhû*": "preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - into the waste/void/emptiness", "*wəyōʾbēdû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they perish" }, "variants": { "*lāpat*": "to twist/turn/bend", "*ʾōraḥ*": "way/path/caravan", "*derekh*": "way/road/journey", "*ʿālâ*": "to go up/ascend/climb", "*tōhû*": "formlessness/waste/emptiness", "*ʾābad*": "to perish/be destroyed" } }

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