Job 7:15-21 : 15 {
"verseID": "Job.7.15",
"source": "וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי",
"text": "And *wattiḇḥar* *maḥănāq* my *nafshî* *māweṯ* than my *mê'atsmôṯāy*",
"grammar": {
"*wa*": "conjunction - and",
"*ttiḇḥar*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it chooses",
"*maḥănāq*": "noun, masculine singular - strangling/suffocation",
"*nafshî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul",
"*māweṯ*": "noun, masculine singular - death",
"*mê*": "preposition - from/than",
"*'atsmôṯāy*": "noun, feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my bones"
},
"variants": {
"*ttiḇḥar*": "chooses/prefers/desires",
"*maḥănāq*": "strangling/suffocation/choking",
"*nafshî*": "my soul/my self/my life",
"*māweṯ*": "death/dying",
"*'atsmôṯāy*": "my bones/my body/my skeleton"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Job.7.16",
"source": "מָ֭אַסְתִּי לֹא־לְעֹלָ֣ם אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה חֲדַ֥ל מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי כִּי־הֶ֥בֶל יָמָֽי",
"text": "*Mā'astî* not-forever *'eḥyeh* *ḥăḏal* from me for-*heḇel* my *yāmāy*",
"grammar": {
"*mā'astî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I refuse/despise",
"*lō'*": "negative particle - not",
"*lĕ'ōlām*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - forever/eternally",
"*'eḥyeh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will live",
"*ḥăḏal*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - leave/cease",
"*mimmennî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - from me",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*heḇel*": "noun, masculine singular - vapor/breath/vanity",
"*yāmāy*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my days"
},
"variants": {
"*mā'astî*": "I refuse/I despise/I loathe/I am weary of",
"*'eḥyeh*": "I will live/I would live",
"*ḥăḏal*": "leave/cease/desist/let be",
"*heḇel*": "vapor/breath/vanity/emptiness",
"*yāmāy*": "my days/my lifetime"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Job.7.17",
"source": "מָֽה־אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ",
"text": "What-*'ĕnôsh* that *ṯĕgaddĕlennû* and that-*ṯāshîṯ* to him your *libbêḵā*",
"grammar": {
"*māh*": "interrogative pronoun - what?",
"*'ĕnôsh*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mankind",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that/because",
"*ṯĕgaddĕlennû*": "verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you magnify him",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that/because",
"*ṯāshîṯ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you set/place",
"*'êlāyw*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him/toward him",
"*libbêḵā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart"
},
"variants": {
"*'ĕnôsh*": "man/mankind/mortal human",
"*ṯĕgaddĕlennû*": "you magnify him/you make him great/you exalt him",
"*ṯāshîṯ*": "you set/you place/you direct",
"*libbêḵā*": "your heart/your mind/your attention"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Job.7.18",
"source": "וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ לִבְקָרִ֑ים לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ",
"text": "And *wattifqĕḏennû* to *liḇqārîm* to *lirĕgā'îm* *tiḇḥānennû*",
"grammar": {
"*wa*": "conjunction - and",
"*ttifqĕḏennû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you visit him",
"*li*": "preposition - to/at",
"*ḇqārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - mornings",
"*li*": "preposition - to/at",
"*rĕgā'îm*": "noun, masculine plural - moments",
"*tiḇḥānennû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you test him"
},
"variants": {
"*ttifqĕḏennû*": "you visit him/you attend to him/you inspect him",
"*ḇqārîm*": "mornings/every morning",
"*rĕgā'îm*": "moments/instants",
"*tiḇḥānennû*": "you test him/you examine him/you try him"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Job.7.19",
"source": "כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי",
"text": "How long not-*ṯish'eh* from me not-*ṯarpênî* until-*bil'î* my *ruqqî*",
"grammar": {
"*kammāh*": "interrogative adverb - how long?",
"*lō'*": "negative particle - not",
"*ṯish'eh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you look away",
"*mimmennî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - from me",
"*lō'*": "negative particle - not",
"*ṯarpênî*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you let me alone",
"*'aḏ*": "preposition - until",
"*bil'î*": "verb, qal infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - my swallowing",
"*ruqqî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my spittle"
},
"variants": {
"*ṯish'eh*": "look away/turn away/gaze",
"*ṯarpênî*": "let me alone/leave me/release me",
"*bil'î*": "my swallowing/my consuming",
"*ruqqî*": "my spittle/my saliva"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Job.7.20",
"source": "חָטָ֡אתִי מָ֤ה אֶפְעַ֨ל ׀ לָךְ֮ נֹצֵ֢ר הָאָ֫דָ֥ם לָ֤מָה שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי לְמִפְגָּ֣ע לָ֑ךְ וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה עָלַ֣י לְמַשָּֽׂא",
"text": "*Ḥāṭā'ṯî* what *'ef'al* to you *nōtsêr* the *hā'āḏām* why *śamtanî* to *lĕmifgā'* to you and *wā'ehyeh* upon me to *lĕmaśśā'*",
"grammar": {
"*ḥāṭā'ṯî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have sinned",
"*māh*": "interrogative pronoun - what?",
"*'ef'al*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I do/shall do",
"*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you",
"*nōtsêr*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - watcher/keeper of",
"*hā*": "definite article - the",
"*'āḏām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mankind",
"*lāmāh*": "interrogative adverb - why?",
"*śamtanî*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you have set me",
"*lĕ*": "preposition - to/for",
"*mifgā'*": "noun, masculine singular - target/mark",
"*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you",
"*wa*": "conjunction - and",
"*'ehyeh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I am",
"*'ālay*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - upon me",
"*lĕ*": "preposition - to/for",
"*maśśā'*": "noun, masculine singular - burden"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥāṭā'ṯî*": "I have sinned/I sin",
"*'ef'al*": "I do/shall do/can do",
"*nōtsêr*": "watcher/keeper/preserver",
"*'āḏām*": "man/mankind/humanity",
"*śamtanî*": "you have set me/placed me/made me",
"*mifgā'*": "target/mark/obstacle",
"*'ehyeh*": "I am/I will be",
"*maśśā'*": "burden/load/trouble"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Job.7.21",
"source": "וּמֶ֤ה ׀ לֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א פִשְׁעִי֮ וְתַעֲבִ֢יר אֶת־עֲוֺ֫נִ֥י כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה לֶעָפָ֣ר אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי",
"text": "And why not-*ṯiśśā'* my *pish'î* and *wĕṯa'ăḇîr* *'eṯ*-my *'ăwōnî* for-now to *le'āfār* *'eshkāḇ* and *wĕshiḥărtanî* and *wĕ'êynennî*",
"grammar": {
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*meh*": "interrogative pronoun - why?",
"*lō'*": "negative particle - not",
"*ṯiśśā'*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you forgive/lift",
"*pish'î*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my transgression",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*ṯa'ăḇîr*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you remove",
"*'eṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*'ăwōnî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my iniquity",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*'attâ*": "adverb - now",
"*le*": "preposition - to",
"*'āfār*": "noun, masculine singular - dust",
"*'eshkāḇ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will lie down",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*shiḥărtanî*": "verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you seek me",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*'êynennî*": "particle of negation + 1st person singular suffix - I am not"
},
"variants": {
"*ṯiśśā'*": "forgive/lift/take away/pardon",
"*pish'î*": "my transgression/my rebellion/my sin",
"*ṯa'ăḇîr*": "remove/take away/pass over",
"*'ăwōnî*": "my iniquity/my guilt/my punishment",
"*'āfār*": "dust/earth/dirt/soil",
"*'eshkāḇ*": "I will lie down/I will sleep/I will die",
"*shiḥărtanî*": "you seek me/you search for me/you look for me earnestly",
"*'êynennî*": "I am not/I will be gone/I will no longer exist"
}
}