Job 7:3-7 : 3 {
"verseID": "Job.7.3",
"source": "כֵּ֤ן הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭י יַרְחֵי־שָׁ֑וְא וְלֵיל֥וֹת עָ֝מָ֗ל מִנּוּ־לִֽי",
"text": "So *honḥaltî* to me *yarḥê*-*shāwĕ'* and *lêlôṯ* *'āmāl* *minnû*-to me",
"grammar": {
"*kên*": "adverb - so/thus",
"*honḥaltî*": "verb, hophal perfect, 1st person singular - I have been made to inherit/I was allotted",
"*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me/for me",
"*yarḥê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - months of",
"*shāwĕ'*": "noun, masculine singular - emptiness/vanity/futility",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*lêlôṯ*": "noun, masculine plural construct - nights of",
"*'āmāl*": "noun, masculine singular - trouble/labor/toil",
"*minnû*": "verb, pual perfect, 3rd person plural - they are appointed/assigned",
"*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me/for me"
},
"variants": {
"*honḥaltî*": "I have been made to inherit/I was allotted/I have received as inheritance",
"*yarḥê*": "months/moons",
"*shāwĕ'*": "emptiness/vanity/futility/worthlessness",
"*'āmāl*": "trouble/labor/toil/misery/suffering",
"*minnû*": "they are appointed/they are assigned/they are counted out"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Job.7.4",
"source": "אִם־שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי מָתַ֣י אָ֭קוּם וּמִדַּד־עָ֑רֶב וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף",
"text": "If *shāḵaḇtî* and *'āmartî* when *'āqûm* and *middaḏ*-*'āreḇ* and *śāḇa'tî* *nĕḏuḏîm* until-*nāshef*",
"grammar": {
"*'im*": "conjunction - if/when",
"*shāḵaḇtî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I lie down",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*'āmartî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I say",
"*māṯay*": "interrogative adverb - when?",
"*'āqûm*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will arise/get up",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*middaḏ*": "verb, piel infinitive construct - measuring/stretching",
"*'āreḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - evening",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*śāḇa'tî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I am full/satisfied",
"*nĕḏuḏîm*": "noun, masculine plural - tossings/restlessness",
"*'ăḏê*": "preposition - until",
"*nāshef*": "noun, masculine singular - twilight/dawn"
},
"variants": {
"*shāḵaḇtî*": "I lie down/I go to bed",
"*'āmartî*": "I say/I think",
"*'āqûm*": "I will arise/I will get up",
"*middaḏ*": "measuring/stretching/extending",
"*'āreḇ*": "evening/sunset",
"*śāḇa'tî*": "I am full/I am satisfied/I have had enough",
"*nĕḏuḏîm*": "tossings/restlessness/being tossed about",
"*nāshef*": "twilight/dawn/dusk"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Job.7.5",
"source": "לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה וְג֣וּשׁ עָפָ֑ר עוֹרִ֥י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס",
"text": "*Lāḇash* my *bĕśārî* *rimmâ* and *gûsh* *'āfār* my *'ôrî* *rāga'* and *wayyimmā'ês*",
"grammar": {
"*lāḇash*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it clothes/is clothed",
"*bĕśārî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my flesh",
"*rimmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - worm/maggot",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*gûsh*": "noun, masculine singular - clod/lump",
"*'āfār*": "noun, masculine singular - dust/earth",
"*'ôrî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my skin",
"*rāga'*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it hardens/shrivels/breaks",
"*wa*": "conjunction - and",
"*yimmā'ês*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it is loathsome/disgusting"
},
"variants": {
"*lāḇash*": "is clothed/puts on/wears",
"*bĕśārî*": "my flesh/my body",
"*rimmâ*": "worm/maggot/decay",
"*gûsh*": "clod/lump/piece",
"*'āfār*": "dust/earth/dirt/soil",
"*rāga'*": "hardens/shrivels/breaks/cracks",
"*yimmā'ês*": "is loathsome/is disgusting/is dissolved/melts away"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Job.7.6",
"source": "יָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־אָ֑רֶג וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּ בְּאֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה",
"text": "My *yāmay* *qallû* than-*'āreg* and *wayyiḵlû* in *'efes* *tiqwâ*",
"grammar": {
"*yāmay*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my days",
"*qallû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are swift/light",
"*minnî*": "preposition - more than/from",
"*'āreg*": "noun, masculine singular - weaver's shuttle",
"*wa*": "conjunction - and",
"*yiḵlû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they end/are finished",
"*bĕ*": "preposition - in/with",
"*'efes*": "noun, masculine singular - end/nothing/without",
"*tiqwâ*": "noun, feminine singular - hope/expectation"
},
"variants": {
"*yāmay*": "my days/my lifetime",
"*qallû*": "are swift/are light/pass quickly",
"*'āreg*": "weaver's shuttle/loom",
"*yiḵlû*": "end/are finished/are consumed/are spent",
"*'efes*": "end/nothing/cessation/without",
"*tiqwâ*": "hope/expectation/prospect"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Job.7.7",
"source": "זְ֭כֹר כִּי־ר֣וּחַ חַיָּ֑י לֹא־תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗י לִרְא֥וֹת טֽוֹב",
"text": "*Zĕḵōr* that-*rûaḥ* my *ḥayyāy* not-*ṯāshûḇ* my *'êynî* *lir'ôṯ* *ṭôḇ*",
"grammar": {
"*zĕḵōr*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - remember",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that/for/because",
"*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular - breath/wind/spirit",
"*ḥayyāy*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my life",
"*lō'*": "negative particle - not",
"*ṯāshûḇ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will return",
"*'êynî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my eye",
"*lĕ*": "preposition - to/for",
"*rĕ'ôṯ*": "verb, qal infinitive construct - to see",
"*ṭôḇ*": "noun/adjective, masculine singular - good/goodness"
},
"variants": {
"*zĕḵōr*": "remember/recall/be mindful",
"*rûaḥ*": "breath/wind/spirit/life",
"*ḥayyāy*": "my life/my living",
"*ṯāshûḇ*": "will return/will come back",
"*'êynî*": "my eye/my sight",
"*ṭôḇ*": "good/goodness/prosperity/welfare"
}
}