Job 16:6-9 : 6 {
"verseID": "Job.16.6",
"source": "אִֽם־אֲ֭דַבְּרָה לֹא־יֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְ כְּאֵבִ֑י וְ֝אַחְדְּלָ֗ה מַה־מִנִּ֥י יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃",
"text": "*ʾim-ʾădabberāh* *lōʾ-yēḥāśēk* *kəʾēbî* *wə-ʾaḥddelāh* *mah-minnî* *yahălōk*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾim-ʾădabberāh*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect 1st singular - if I speak",
"*lōʾ-yēḥāśēk*": "negative particle + Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - not restrained",
"*kəʾēbî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my pain",
"*wə-ʾaḥddelāh*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 1st singular cohortative - and if I cease",
"*mah-minnî*": "interrogative + preposition + 1st singular suffix - what from me",
"*yahălōk*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - goes away"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾădabberāh*": "to speak, declare",
"*yēḥāśēk*": "to be withheld, restrained, spared",
"*kəʾēbî*": "pain, sorrow",
"*ʾaḥddelāh*": "to cease, refrain, forbear",
"*yahălōk*": "to go, walk, depart"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Job.16.7",
"source": "אַךְ־עַתָּ֥ה הֶלְאָ֑נִי הֲ֝שִׁמּ֗וֹתָ כָּל־עֲדָתִֽי׃",
"text": "*ʾak-ʿattāh* *helʾānî* *hăšimmôtā* *kol-ʿădātî*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾak-ʿattāh*": "adverb + adverb - but now",
"*helʾānî*": "Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - he has wearied me",
"*hăšimmôtā*": "Hiphil perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have made desolate",
"*kol-ʿădātî*": "noun masculine singular construct + noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - all my assembly/congregation"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾak*": "surely, only, nevertheless",
"*ʿattāh*": "now, at this time",
"*helʾānî*": "to be weary, tired, exhausted",
"*hăšimmôtā*": "to be desolate, devastated, ruined",
"*ʿădātî*": "congregation, assembly, family"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Job.16.8",
"source": "וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵ֣ד הָיָ֑ה וַיָּ֥קָם בִּ֥י כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗י בְּפָנַ֥י יַעֲנֶֽה׃",
"text": "*wə-tiqmətēnî* for *ʿēd* *hāyāh* *wə-yāqām* against me *kaḥăšî* in *pānay* *yaʿăneh*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-tiqmətēnî*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and you have seized/wrinkled me",
"*ʿēd*": "noun masculine singular - witness",
"*hāyāh*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it has become",
"*wə-yāqām*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it rises up",
"*kaḥăšî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my leanness/lies",
"*pānay*": "noun masculine plural + 1st singular suffix - my face",
"*yaʿăneh*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it answers/testifies"
},
"variants": {
"*tiqmətēnî*": "to seize, grasp, wrinkle",
"*ʿēd*": "witness, testimony",
"*hāyāh*": "to be, become, happen",
"*yāqām*": "to rise, stand up",
"*kaḥăšî*": "leanness, failure, lying",
"*pānay*": "face, presence, surface",
"*yaʿăneh*": "to answer, respond, testify against"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Job.16.9",
"source": "אַפּ֤וֹ טָרַ֨ף ׀ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֵ֗נִי חָרַ֣ק עָלַ֣י בְּשִׁנָּ֑יו צָרִ֓י ׀ יִלְט֖וֹשׁ עֵינָ֣יו לִֽי׃",
"text": "*ʾappô* *ṭārap* *wə-yiśṭəmēnî* *ḥāraq* *ʿālay* *bə-šinnāyw* *ṣārî* *yilṭôš* *ʿênāyw* *lî*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾappô*": "noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his anger",
"*ṭārap*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he has torn",
"*wə-yiśṭəmēnî*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and he hates me",
"*ḥāraq*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he gnashes",
"*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me",
"*bə-šinnāyw*": "preposition + noun feminine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with his teeth",
"*ṣārî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my adversary",
"*yilṭôš*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he sharpens",
"*ʿênāyw*": "noun feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his eyes",
"*lî*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - at me"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾappô*": "nose, anger, face",
"*ṭārap*": "to tear, rend, pluck",
"*yiśṭəmēnî*": "to hate, bear a grudge",
"*ḥāraq*": "to gnash, grind",
"*šinnāyw*": "teeth",
"*ṣārî*": "adversary, enemy, foe",
"*yilṭôš*": "to sharpen, whet",
"*ʿênāyw*": "eyes"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Job.16.10",
"source": "פָּעֲר֬וּ עָלַ֨י ׀ בְּפִיהֶ֗ם בְּ֭חֶרְפָּה הִכּ֣וּ לְחָיָ֑י יַ֝֗חַד עָלַ֥י יִתְמַלָּאֽוּן׃",
"text": "*pāʿărû* *ʿālay* *bə-pîhem* *bə-ḥerpāh* *hikkû* *ləḥāyāy* *yaḥad* *ʿālay* *yitmallāʾûn*",
"grammar": {
"*pāʿărû*": "Qal perfect 3rd plural - they have opened wide",
"*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me",
"*bə-pîhem*": "preposition + noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - with their mouth",
"*bə-ḥerpāh*": "preposition + noun feminine singular - with reproach",
"*hikkû*": "Hiphil perfect 3rd plural - they smite",
"*ləḥāyāy*": "noun feminine dual + 1st singular suffix - my cheeks",
"*yaḥad*": "adverb - together",
"*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me",
"*yitmallāʾûn*": "Hithpael imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they gather themselves"
},
"variants": {
"*pāʿărû*": "to open wide, gape",
"*pîhem*": "mouth, speech",
"*ḥerpāh*": "reproach, shame, disgrace",
"*hikkû*": "to strike, smite, hit",
"*ləḥāyāy*": "cheek, jaw",
"*yaḥad*": "together, alike, all together",
"*yitmallāʾûn*": "to fill themselves, gather themselves"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Job.16.11",
"source": "יַסְגִּירֵ֣נִי אֵ֭ל אֶ֣ל עֲוִ֑יל וְעַל־יְדֵ֖י רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְטֵֽנִי׃",
"text": "*yasgîrēnî* *ʾēl* unto *ʿăwîl* *wə-ʿal-yədê* *rəšāʿîm* *yirṭēnî*",
"grammar": {
"*yasgîrēnî*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - he delivers me over",
"*ʾēl*": "noun masculine singular - God",
"*ʿăwîl*": "noun masculine singular - unjust, evil one",
"*wə-ʿal-yədê*": "conjunction + preposition + noun feminine dual construct - and into the hands of",
"*rəšāʿîm*": "adjective masculine plural - wicked ones",
"*yirṭēnî*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - he casts me"
},
"variants": {
"*yasgîrēnî*": "to shut up, deliver up, surrender",
"*ʾēl*": "God, mighty one",
"*ʿăwîl*": "unjust one, evil person",
"*yədê*": "hands, power",
"*rəšāʿîm*": "wicked, criminal, guilty",
"*yirṭēnî*": "to cast, throw down, hurl"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Job.16.12",
"source": "שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו הָיִ֨יתִי ׀ וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי וְאָחַ֣ז בְּ֭עָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי ל֝֗וֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה׃",
"text": "*šālēw* *hāyîtî* *wə-yəparpərēnî* *wə-ʾāḥaz* *bə-ʿorpî* *wə-yəpaṣpəṣēnî* *wə-yəqîmēnî* *lô* *ləmaṭṭārāh*",
"grammar": {
"*šālēw*": "adjective masculine singular - at ease",
"*hāyîtî*": "Qal perfect 1st singular - I was",
"*wə-yəparpərēnî*": "conjunction + Pilpel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and he broke me in pieces",
"*wə-ʾāḥaz*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he seized",
"*bə-ʿorpî*": "preposition + noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - by my neck",
"*wə-yəpaṣpəṣēnî*": "conjunction + Pilpel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and he shattered me",
"*wə-yəqîmēnî*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and he set me up",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - for himself",
"*ləmaṭṭārāh*": "preposition + noun feminine singular - as a target"
},
"variants": {
"*šālēw*": "at ease, quiet, peaceful",
"*hāyîtî*": "to be, become, happen",
"*yəparpərēnî*": "to break apart, shatter, break in pieces",
"*ʾāḥaz*": "to grasp, take hold, seize",
"*ʿorpî*": "neck, back of neck",
"*yəpaṣpəṣēnî*": "to break to pieces, dash to pieces",
"*yəqîmēnî*": "to raise, set up, establish",
"*maṭṭārāh*": "mark, target"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Job.16.13",
"source": "יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּ עָלַ֨י ׀ רַבָּ֗יו יְפַלַּ֣ח כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי וְלֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִי׃",
"text": "*yāsōbbû* *ʿālay* *rabbāyw* *yəpallaḥ* *kilyôtay* *wə-lōʾ* *yaḥmôl* *yišpōk* *lāʾāreṣ* *mərērātî*",
"grammar": {
"*yāsōbbû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they surround",
"*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me",
"*rabbāyw*": "adjective masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his archers/many",
"*yəpallaḥ*": "Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he pierces",
"*kilyôtay*": "noun feminine plural + 1st singular suffix - my kidneys",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*yaḥmôl*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he spares",
"*yišpōk*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he pours out",
"*lāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + noun feminine singular - to the ground",
"*mərērātî*": "noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my gall"
},
"variants": {
"*yāsōbbû*": "to surround, encompass",
"*rabbāyw*": "archers, many (ones), great (ones)",
"*yəpallaḥ*": "to cleave, slice, pierce through",
"*kilyôtay*": "kidneys, inner parts, mind",
"*yaḥmôl*": "to spare, have compassion",
"*yišpōk*": "to pour, pour out, spill",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth, land, ground",
"*mərērātî*": "gall, bile, bitterness"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Job.16.14",
"source": "יִפְרְצֵ֣נִי פֶ֭רֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי־פָ֑רֶץ יָרֻ֖ץ עָלַ֣י כְּגִבּֽוֹר׃",
"text": "*yiprəṣēnî* *pereṣ* *ʿal-pənê-pāreṣ* *yāruṣ* *ʿālay* *kə-gibbôr*",
"grammar": {
"*yiprəṣēnî*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - he breaks me",
"*pereṣ*": "noun masculine singular - breach",
"*ʿal-pənê-pāreṣ*": "preposition + noun masculine plural construct + noun masculine singular - upon the face of breach",
"*yāruṣ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he runs",
"*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me",
"*kə-gibbôr*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - like a warrior"
},
"variants": {
"*yiprəṣēnî*": "to break down, break through, breach",
"*pereṣ*": "breach, gap, break",
"*pənê*": "face, presence, surface",
"*yāruṣ*": "to run, rush",
"*gibbôr*": "mighty man, warrior, champion"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Job.16.15",
"source": "שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑י וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶעָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽי׃",
"text": "*śaq* *tāpartî* *ʿălê* *gildî* *wə-ʿōlaltî* *beʿāpār* *qarnî*",
"grammar": {
"*śaq*": "noun masculine singular - sackcloth",
"*tāpartî*": "Qal perfect 1st singular - I have sewn",
"*ʿălê*": "preposition - upon",
"*gildî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my skin",
"*wə-ʿōlaltî*": "conjunction + Pilel perfect 1st singular - and I have defiled",
"*beʿāpār*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - in the dust",
"*qarnî*": "noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my horn"
},
"variants": {
"*śaq*": "sackcloth, mourning cloth",
"*tāpartî*": "to sew, stitch together",
"*gildî*": "skin, hide",
"*ʿōlaltî*": "to thrust in, defile, insert",
"*ʿāpār*": "dust, powder, earth",
"*qarnî*": "horn, power, dignity"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Job.16.16",
"source": "פָּנַ֣י *חמרמרה **חֳ֭מַרְמְרוּ מִנִּי־בֶ֑כִי וְעַ֖ל עַפְעַפַּ֣י צַלְמָֽוֶת׃",
"text": "*pānay* *ḥŏmarmərû* from *bekî* *wə-ʿal* *ʿapʿappay* *ṣalmāwet*",
"grammar": {
"*pānay*": "noun masculine plural + 1st singular suffix - my face",
"*ḥŏmarmərû*": "Pulal perfect 3rd plural - are reddened/inflamed",
"*bekî*": "noun masculine singular - weeping",
"*wə-ʿal*": "conjunction + preposition - and upon",
"*ʿapʿappay*": "noun masculine dual + 1st singular suffix - my eyelids",
"*ṣalmāwet*": "noun masculine singular - deep darkness"
},
"variants": {
"*pānay*": "face, presence, surface",
"*ḥŏmarmərû*": "to be red, inflamed, dark red",
"*bekî*": "weeping, crying",
"*ʿapʿappay*": "eyelids, eyelashes",
"*ṣalmāwet*": "deep darkness, shadow of death"
}
}