8 {
"verseID": "Job.6.8",
"source": "מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן תָּב֣וֹא שֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י יִתֵּ֥ן אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃",
"text": "*mî-yittēn tābôʾ šeʾĕlātî wə-tiqwātî yittēn ʾĕlôah*",
"grammar": {
"*mî-yittēn*": "interrogative + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - who would give/oh that",
"*tābôʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - might come",
"*šeʾĕlātî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my request",
"*wə-tiqwātî*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and my hope/expectation",
"*yittēn*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would grant",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "divine name - God"
},
"variants": {
"*mî-yittēn*": "would that/oh that (idiomatic expression of wish)",
"*bôʾ*": "to come/go/enter",
"*šeʾēlâ*": "request/petition",
"*tiqwâ*": "hope/expectation",
"*nātan*": "to give/grant/place"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Job.6.9",
"source": "וְיֹאֵ֣ל אֱ֭לוֹהַּ וִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִי יַתֵּ֥ר יָ֝ד֗וֹ וִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי׃",
"text": "*wə-yōʾēl ʾĕlôah wîdakkəʾēnî yattēr yādô wîbaṣṣəʿēnî*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾēl*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - that he would be willing",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "divine name - God",
"*wîdakkəʾēnî*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and crush me",
"*yattēr*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - let loose/free",
"*yādô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand",
"*wîbaṣṣəʿēnî*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and cut me off"
},
"variants": {
"*yāʾal*": "to be willing/determine/undertake",
"*dākāʾ*": "to crush/break/oppress",
"*nātar*": "to loose/free/untie",
"*bāṣaʿ*": "to cut off/break off/sever"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Job.6.10",
"source": "וּ֥תְהִי ע֨וֹד ׀ נֶ֘חָ֤מָתִ֗י וַאֲסַלְּדָ֣ה בְ֭חִילָה לֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל כִּי־לֹ֥א כִ֝חַ֗דְתִּי אִמְרֵ֥י קָדֽוֹשׁ׃",
"text": "*ûtəhî ʿôd neḥāmātî waʾăsallədâ bəḥîlâ lōʾ yaḥmôl kî-lōʾ kiḥadtî ʾimrê qādôš*",
"grammar": {
"*ûtəhî*": "conjunction + Qal jussive, 3rd feminine singular - and let it be",
"*ʿôd*": "adverb - still/yet",
"*neḥāmātî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my comfort/consolation",
"*waʾăsallədâ*": "conjunction + Piel cohortative, 1st person singular - and I would exult",
"*bəḥîlâ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - in pain",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yaḥmôl*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he spares",
"*kî-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - for not",
"*kiḥadtî*": "Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have concealed/denied",
"*ʾimrê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - words of",
"*qādôš*": "adjective, masculine singular - Holy One"
},
"variants": {
"*hāyâ*": "to be/become/happen",
"*neḥāmâ*": "comfort/consolation",
"*sālad*": "to leap/exult/spring",
"*ḥîl*": "pain/agony/writhing",
"*ḥāmal*": "to spare/have compassion",
"*kāḥad*": "to hide/conceal/deny",
"*ʾēmer*": "word/speech/saying",
"*qādôš*": "holy/sacred/Holy One"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Job.6.11",
"source": "מַה־כֹּחִ֥י כִֽי־אֲיַחֵ֑ל וּמַה־קִּ֝צִּ֗י כִּֽי־אַאֲרִ֥יךְ נַפְשִֽׁי׃",
"text": "*mah-kōḥî kî-ʾăyaḥēl ûmah-qiṣṣî kî-ʾaʾărîk napšî*",
"grammar": {
"*mah-kōḥî*": "interrogative + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - what is my strength",
"*kî-ʾăyaḥēl*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - that I should hope/wait",
"*ûmah-qiṣṣî*": "conjunction + interrogative + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and what is my end",
"*kî-ʾaʾărîk*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - that I should prolong",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life"
},
"variants": {
"*kōaḥ*": "strength/power",
"*yāḥal*": "to wait/hope",
"*qēṣ*": "end/limit",
"*ʾārak*": "to be long/prolong/extend",
"*nepeš*": "soul/life/self"
}
}