26{
"verseID": "Job.38.26",
"source": "לְ֭הַמְטִיר עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ לֹא־אִ֑ישׁ מִ֝דְבָּ֗ר לֹא־אָדָ֥ם בּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "To-*hamṭîr* upon-*ʾereṣ* no-*ʾîš* *midbār* no-*ʾādām* in-it.",
"grammar": {
"*lə*": "preposition - to/for",
"*hamṭîr*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to cause to rain",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/on",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - land/earth",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - no/not",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man",
"*midbār*": "noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - no/not",
"*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular - human/mankind",
"*bô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in it"
},
"variants": {
"*hamṭîr*": "to cause to rain/to send rain",
"*ʾereṣ*": "land/earth/ground",
"*ʾîš*": "man/person",
"*midbār*": "wilderness/desert/wasteland",
"*ʾādām*": "human/mankind/person"
}
}
27{
"verseID": "Job.38.27",
"source": "לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָה וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃",
"text": "To-*haśbîaʿ* *šōʾâ* and-*məšōʾâ* and-to-*haṣmîaḥ* *mōṣāʾ* *dešeʾ*.",
"grammar": {
"*lə*": "preposition - to/for",
"*haśbîaʿ*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to satisfy/saturate",
"*šōʾâ*": "noun, feminine singular - desolation/waste",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*məšōʾâ*": "noun, feminine singular - devastation/ruin",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*lə*": "preposition - to/for",
"*haṣmîaḥ*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to cause to sprout/grow",
"*mōṣāʾ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - place of going forth",
"*dešeʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - grass/tender herb"
},
"variants": {
"*haśbîaʿ*": "to satisfy/to saturate/to fill",
"*šōʾâ*": "desolation/waste/devastation",
"*məšōʾâ*": "devastation/ruin/wasteland",
"*haṣmîaḥ*": "to cause to sprout/to cause to grow",
"*mōṣāʾ*": "place of going forth/sprouting place",
"*dešeʾ*": "grass/tender herb/vegetation"
}
}
28{
"verseID": "Job.38.28",
"source": "הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָ֥ר אָ֑ב א֥וֹ מִי־ה֝וֹלִ֗יד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃",
"text": "?-Is-there-for-*māṭār* *ʾāb* or who-*hôlîd* *ʾeglê*-*ṭāl*?",
"grammar": {
"*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?",
"*yēš*": "existential particle - there is/exists",
"*la*": "preposition - for/to",
"*māṭār*": "noun, masculine singular - rain",
"*ʾāb*": "noun, masculine singular - father",
"*ʾô*": "conjunction - or",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*hôlîd*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he begot/brought forth",
"*ʾeglê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - drops of",
"*ṭāl*": "noun, masculine singular - dew"
},
"variants": {
"*māṭār*": "rain/rainfall",
"*ʾāb*": "father/ancestor/originator",
"*hôlîd*": "he begot/he brought forth/he fathered",
"*ʾeglê*": "drops/globules",
"*ṭāl*": "dew"
}
}
29{
"verseID": "Job.38.29",
"source": "מִבֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַקָּ֑רַח וּכְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽוֹ׃",
"text": "From-*beṭen* who *yāṣāʾ* the-*qāraḥ* and-*kəpōr* *šāmayim* who *yəlādô*?",
"grammar": {
"*min*": "preposition - from",
"*beṭen*": "noun, feminine singular - womb/belly",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*yāṣāʾ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - came forth",
"*ha-*": "definite article - the",
"*qāraḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - ice/frost",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*kəpōr*": "noun, masculine singular construct - frost/hoar frost of",
"*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine dual - heavens/sky",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*yəlādô*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - begot it"
},
"variants": {
"*beṭen*": "womb/belly/inner parts",
"*yāṣāʾ*": "came forth/emerged/proceeded",
"*qāraḥ*": "ice/frost",
"*kəpōr*": "frost/hoar frost",
"*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky/atmosphere",
"*yəlādô*": "begot it/gave birth to it"
}
}
30{
"verseID": "Job.38.30",
"source": "כָּ֭אֶבֶן מַ֣יִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ וּפְנֵ֥י תְ֝ה֗וֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃",
"text": "Like-*ʾeben* *mayim* *yitḥabbāʾû* and-*pənê* *təhôm* *yitlakkādû*.",
"grammar": {
"*kā*": "preposition - like/as",
"*ʾeben*": "noun, feminine singular - stone",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - waters",
"*yitḥabbāʾû*": "hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they hide themselves",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*pənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - face/surface of",
"*təhôm*": "noun, feminine singular - deep/abyss",
"*yitlakkādû*": "hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are frozen/captured"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾeben*": "stone/rock",
"*mayim*": "waters/water",
"*yitḥabbāʾû*": "they hide themselves/they conceal themselves",
"*pənê*": "face/surface/appearance",
"*təhôm*": "deep/abyss/depths",
"*yitlakkādû*": "they are frozen/they are captured/they are seized"
}
}