Verse 14

{ "verseID": "Job.9.14", "source": "אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ אֶבְחֲרָ֖ה דְבָרַ֣י עִמּוֹ׃", "text": "*ʾap* *kî-ʾānōkî* *ʾeʿĕnennû* *ʾebḥărâ* *dəbāray* *ʿimmô*", "grammar": { "*ʾap*": "conjunction/adverb - indeed/even/also", "*kî-ʾānōkî*": "conjunction + 1st person singular independent pronoun - that I", "*ʾeʿĕnennû*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - I will answer him", "*ʾebḥărâ*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - let me choose", "*dəbāray*": "masculine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - my words", "*ʿimmô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him" }, "variants": { "*ʾap*": "indeed, even, also, how much less/more", "*kî*": "that, because, when", "*ʾānōkî*": "I, myself", "*ʾeʿĕnennû*": "to answer, respond, reply", "*ʾebḥărâ*": "to choose, select, elect", "*dəbāray*": "words, sayings, matters" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 { "verseID": "1 Kings.8.27", "source": "כִּ֚י הַֽאֻמְנָ֔ם יֵשֵׁ֥ב אֱלֹהִ֖ים עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ הִ֠נֵּה הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם וּשְׁמֵ֤י הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּל֔וּךָ אַ֕ף כִּֽי־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנִֽיתִי׃", "text": "For indeed *yēšēḇ* *ʾĕlōhîm* on-*hāʾāreṣ*? Behold *haššāmayim* and *šəmê* *haššāmayim* not *yəḵaləkəlûḵā*, how much less-*habbayiṯ* *hazzeh* which *bānîṯî*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*haʾumnām*": "interrogative particle + adverb - indeed/truly", "*yēšēḇ*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will dwell", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine plural noun - God", "*ʿal*": "preposition - on/upon", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the earth", "*hinnēh*": "demonstrative particle - behold", "*haššāmayim*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the heavens", "*ūšəmê*": "conjunction + masculine plural construct - and skies of", "*haššāmayim*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the heavens", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yəḵaləkəlûḵā*": "pilpel imperfect 3rd masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they will contain you", "*ʾap̄*": "conjunction - indeed/also/how much less", "*kî*": "conjunction - that/for", "*habbayiṯ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the house", "*hazzeh*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*bānîṯî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I built" }, "variants": { "*haʾumnām*": "indeed/truly/really", "*yēšēḇ*": "will dwell/reside/sit", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine being", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "the earth/land/ground", "*haššāmayim*": "the heavens/sky", "*šəmê haššāmayim*": "heavens of heavens/highest heavens", "*yəḵaləkəlûḵā*": "they will contain/hold/sustain you", "*ʾap̄ kî*": "how much less/moreover/also that" } }
  • Job 4:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Job.4.19", "source": "אַ֤ף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵ֬י בָֽתֵּי־חֹ֗מֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָ֥ר יְסוֹדָ֑ם יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ׃", "text": "How much more *ʾap* *šōḵənê* *bāttê-ḥōmer* who *ʾăšer-be-ʿāpār* *yəsôdām* *yədakkəʾûm* before *lipnê-ʿāš*", "grammar": { "*ʾap*": "conjunction/adverb - how much more/also/even", "*šōḵənê*": "Qal participle, masculine plural construct - dwellers of", "*bāttê-ḥōmer*": "noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - houses of clay", "*ʾăšer-be-ʿāpār*": "relative pronoun + preposition + noun, masculine singular - which in dust", "*yəsôdām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their foundation", "*yədakkəʾûm*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - they crush them", "*lipnê-ʿāš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - before the moth" }, "variants": { "*šōḵənê*": "dwellers/inhabitants/residents", "*bāttê-ḥōmer*": "houses of clay/dirt/material", "*ʿāpār*": "dust/dirt/earth", "*yəsôdām*": "their foundation/basis/beginning", "*yədakkəʾûm*": "they crush them/oppress them/break them", "*ʿāš*": "moth/insect" } }
  • Job 9:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Job.9.3", "source": "אִם־יַ֭חְפֹּץ לָרִ֣יב עִמּ֑וֹ לֹֽא־יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּ אַחַ֥ת מִנִּי־אָֽלֶף׃", "text": "*ʾim-yaḥpōṣ* *lārîb* *ʿimmô* *lōʾ-yaʿănennû* *ʾaḥat* *minnî-ʾālep*", "grammar": { "*ʾim-yaḥpōṣ*": "conditional particle + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - if he desires", "*lārîb*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to contend/dispute", "*ʿimmô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him", "*lōʾ-yaʿănennû*": "negative particle + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - he cannot answer him", "*ʾaḥat*": "feminine singular numeral - one", "*minnî-ʾālep*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - from/of a thousand" }, "variants": { "*yaḥpōṣ*": "to desire, take pleasure in, wish", "*rîb*": "to contend, dispute, plead", "*yaʿănennû*": "to answer, respond, reply" } }
  • Job 11:4-5 : 4 { "verseID": "Job.11.4", "source": "וַ֭תֹּאמֶר זַ֣ךְ לִקְחִ֑י וּ֝בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃", "text": "*wə-tōʾmer* *zak* *liqḥi* *u-var* *hayiti* *və-ʿeneyka*", "grammar": { "*wə-tōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - and you say", "*zak*": "adjective masculine singular - pure", "*liqḥi*": "noun masculine singular construct + 1st common singular suffix - my doctrine/teaching", "*u-var*": "conjunction + adjective masculine singular - and pure/clean", "*hayiti*": "qal perfect 1st common singular - I have been", "*və-ʿeneyka*": "preposition + noun feminine dual construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your eyes" }, "variants": { "*zak*": "pure/clean/clear", "*liqḥi*": "my doctrine/my teaching/my insight", "*var*": "pure/clean/clear", "*ʿeneyka*": "your eyes/your sight/your opinion" } } 5 { "verseID": "Job.11.5", "source": "וְֽאוּלָ֗ם מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֱל֣וֹהַּ דַּבֵּ֑ר וְיִפְתַּ֖ח שְׂפָתָ֣יו עִמָּֽךְ׃", "text": "*wə-ʾulam* *mi-yiten* *Eloah* *dabēr* *wə-yiptaḥ* *śəpatāw* *ʿimāk*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾulam*": "conjunction + adverb - but/nevertheless", "*mi-yiten*": "interrogative pronoun + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - who would give/oh that", "*Eloah*": "noun proper masculine singular - God", "*dabēr*": "piel infinitive construct - to speak", "*wə-yiptaḥ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - and may he open", "*śəpatāw*": "noun feminine dual construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his lips", "*ʿimāk*": "preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - with you" }, "variants": { "*ʾulam*": "but/nevertheless/however", "*mi-yiten*": "who would give/would that/oh that", "*Eloah*": "God (singular form, less common than Elohim)", "*dabēr*": "to speak/speaking", "*śəpatāw*": "his lips/his speech" } }
  • Job 23:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Job.23.4", "source": "אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה לְפָנָ֣יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝פִ֗י אֲמַלֵּ֥א תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃", "text": "*ʾeʿerəkâ* *ləpānāyw* *mišpāṭ* *û-pî* *ʾămallēʾ* *tôkāḥôt*", "grammar": { "*ʾeʿerəkâ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - I would set in order/arrange", "*ləpānāyw*": "preposition + noun, plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - before him/in his presence", "*mišpāṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - judgment/case/cause/legal claim", "*û-pî*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and my mouth", "*ʾămallēʾ*": "Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I would fill", "*tôkāḥôt*": "noun, feminine plural - arguments/reproofs/rebuke" }, "variants": { "*ʿārak*": "to arrange, set in order, prepare, organize", "*pānîm*": "face, presence, countenance", "*mišpāṭ*": "judgment, justice, legal case, legal claim, court proceeding", "*māleʾ*": "to fill, be full, be satisfied", "*tôkāḥâ*": "argument, reproof, rebuke, correction, reasoned case" } }
  • Job 23:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Job.23.7", "source": "שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נוֹכָ֣ח עִמּ֑וֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝נֶ֗צַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃", "text": "*šām* *yāšār* *nôkāḥ* *ʿimmô* *wa-ʾăpallĕṭâ* *lāneṣaḥ* *miššōpĕṭî*", "grammar": { "*šām*": "adverb - there", "*yāšār*": "adjective, masculine singular - upright/righteous", "*nôkāḥ*": "preposition - before/in the presence of", "*ʿimmô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him", "*wa-ʾăpallĕṭâ*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - and I would escape/be delivered", "*lāneṣaḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - forever/completely", "*miššōpĕṭî*": "preposition + Qal participle, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - from my judge" }, "variants": { "*yāšār*": "upright, straight, righteous, just", "*nôkāḥ*": "in front of, opposite to, before, in the presence of", "*pālaṭ*": "to escape, deliver, save, rescue", "*neṣaḥ*": "forever, perpetuity, completely, entirely", "*šāpaṭ*": "to judge, govern, vindicate, decide" } }
  • Job 25:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Job.25.6", "source": "אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אֱנ֣וֹשׁ רִמָּ֑ה וּבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃", "text": "*ʾaf kī-ʾĕnōš rimmāh ū-ben-ʾādām tōlēʿāh*", "grammar": { "*ʾaf*": "adverb - how much more/also", "*kī-ʾĕnōš*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - that man", "*rimmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - maggot/worm", "*ū-ben-ʾādām*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - and son of man", "*tōlēʿāh*": "noun, feminine singular - worm" }, "variants": { "*ʾaf*": "how much more, moreover, indeed", "*kī*": "that, because, when", "*ʾĕnōš*": "man, mortal, mankind", "*rimmāh*": "maggot, worm, decay", "*ben*": "son, child, descendant", "*ʾādām*": "man, human, mankind", "*tōlēʿāh*": "worm, grub, scarlet (dye)" } }
  • Job 33:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Job.33.5", "source": "אִם־תּוּכַ֥ל הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי עֶרְכָ֥ה לְ֝פָנַ֗י הִתְיַצָּֽבָה׃", "text": "*ʾim*-*tûkal* *hăšîbēnî* *'erkâ* *ləpānay* *hityaṣṣābâ*", "grammar": { "*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if", "*tûkal*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you are able", "*hăšîbēnî*": "hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - answer me/reply to me", "*'erkâ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - arrange/set in order", "*ləpānay*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - before me/in front of me", "*hityaṣṣābâ*": "hithpael imperative, masculine singular - take your stand/station yourself" }, "variants": { "*tûkal*": "you are able/you can/you may", "*hăšîbēnî*": "answer me/reply to me/respond to me", "*'erkâ*": "arrange/set in order/prepare", "*ləpānay*": "before me/in front of me/in my presence", "*hityaṣṣābâ*": "take your stand/station yourself/present yourself" } }