5{
"verseID": "Job.6.5",
"source": "הֲיִֽנְהַק־פֶּ֥רֶא עֲלֵי־דֶ֑שֶׁא אִ֥ם יִגְעֶה־שּׁ֝֗וֹר עַל־בְּלִילֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*hă-yinhaq-pereʾ ʿălê-dešeʾ ʾim yigʿeh-šôr ʿal-bəlîlô*",
"grammar": {
"*hă-yinhaq*": "interrogative prefix + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - does he bray",
"*pereʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - wild donkey/onager",
"*ʿălê-dešeʾ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - over grass/vegetation",
"*ʾim*": "conjunction - if/or",
"*yigʿeh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - does he low/bellow",
"*šôr*": "noun, masculine singular - ox/bull",
"*ʿal-bəlîlô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - over his fodder"
},
"variants": {
"*nāhaq*": "to bray (as a donkey)",
"*pereʾ*": "wild ass/onager",
"*dešeʾ*": "grass/tender herb/vegetation",
"*gāʿâ*": "to low/bellow (as cattle)",
"*bəlîl*": "fodder/mixed feed"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Job.6.6",
"source": "הֲיֵאָכֵ֣ל תָּ֭פֵל מִבְּלִי־מֶ֑לַח אִם־יֶשׁ־טַ֝֗עַם בְּרִ֣יר חַלָּמֽוּת׃",
"text": "*hă-yēʾākēl tāpēl mibbəlî-melaḥ ʾim-yeš-ṭaʿam bərîr ḥallāmût*",
"grammar": {
"*hă-yēʾākēl*": "interrogative prefix + Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - can be eaten",
"*tāpēl*": "adjective, masculine singular - tasteless/unseasoned",
"*mibbəlî-melaḥ*": "preposition + construct + noun - without salt",
"*ʾim-yeš*": "conjunction + existential particle - is there",
"*ṭaʿam*": "noun, masculine singular - taste/flavor",
"*bərîr*": "noun, masculine singular construct - in the white of/slime of",
"*ḥallāmût*": "noun, feminine singular - purslane/egg white/tasteless plant"
},
"variants": {
"*tāpēl*": "tasteless/unsalted/unseasoned",
"*melaḥ*": "salt",
"*ṭaʿam*": "taste/flavor/sense",
"*rîr*": "slime/juice/white",
"*ḥallāmût*": "purslane/egg white/tasteless substance"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Job.6.7",
"source": "מֵאֲנָ֣ה לִנְגּ֣וֹעַ נַפְשִׁ֑י הֵ֝֗מָּה כִּדְוֵ֥י לַחְמִֽי׃",
"text": "*mēʾănâ lingôaʿ napšî hēmmâ kidwê laḥmî*",
"grammar": {
"*mēʾănâ*": "Piel perfect, 3rd feminine singular - refuses",
"*lingôaʿ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to touch",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul",
"*hēmmâ*": "pronoun, 3rd masculine plural - they",
"*kidwê*": "preposition + noun, masculine construct - like sickness of",
"*laḥmî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my bread/food"
},
"variants": {
"*mēʾēn*": "to refuse/be unwilling",
"*nāgaʿ*": "to touch/reach/strike",
"*nepeš*": "soul/life/self",
"*dəwî*": "sickness/illness",
"*leḥem*": "bread/food"
}
}