Job 40:29

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Will you play with him like a bird, or tie him up for your young girls?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֽ͏ַתְשַׂחֶק־בּ֭וֹ כַּצִּפּ֑וֹר וְ֝תִקְשְׁרֶ֗נּוּ לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

hă-təśaḥeq-bô ka-ṣṣippôr wə-tiqšərennû lə-naʿărôtêkā

Grammar Details

• *hă-təśaḥeq*: interrogative particle + piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - will you play
• *bô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him
• *ka-ṣṣippôr*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - like the bird
• *wə-tiqšərennû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and you will bind him
• *lə-naʿărôtêkā*: preposition + noun, feminine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - for your young girls

Word Meanings

• *təśaḥeq*: to laugh, play, mock, sport
• *ṣippôr*: bird, sparrow
• *tiqšərennû*: to bind, tie, attach
• *naʿărôtêkā*: young women, girls, maidens