3{
"verseID": "Job.15.3",
"source": "הוֹכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכּוֹן וּמִלִּים לֹא־יוֹעִיל בָּם",
"text": "*hôḵēaḥ* *bə-dāḇār* *lōʾ* *yiskôn* *û-millîm* *lōʾ-yôʿîl* *bām*",
"grammar": {
"*hôḵēaḥ*": "infinitive absolute, hiphil - to rebuke/arguing",
"*bə-dāḇār*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - with a word",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yiskôn*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he profits/is useful",
"*û-millîm*": "conjunction + noun, feminine plural - and words",
"*lōʾ-yôʿîl*": "negative particle + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he does not profit",
"*bām*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - with them"
},
"variants": {
"*hôḵēaḥ*": "to rebuke, reprove, reason, argue",
"*dāḇār*": "word, speech, thing, matter",
"*sāḵan*": "to be of use, benefit, profit",
"*millîm*": "words, speech, utterances",
"*yāʿal*": "to profit, benefit, avail"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "Job.15.4",
"source": "אַף־אַתָּה תָּפֵר יִרְאָה וְתִגְרַע שִׂיחָה לִפְנֵי־אֵל",
"text": "*ʾap̄-ʾattāh* *tāp̄ēr* *yirʾāh* *wə-tiḡraʿ* *śîḥāh* *lip̄nê-ʾēl*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾap̄-ʾattāh*": "conjunction + 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - even you",
"*tāp̄ēr*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you break/destroy",
"*yirʾāh*": "noun, feminine singular - fear/reverence",
"*wə-tiḡraʿ*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you diminish",
"*śîḥāh*": "noun, feminine singular - meditation/devotion",
"*lip̄nê-ʾēl*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - before God"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾap̄*": "moreover, indeed, even",
"*pārar*": "to break, frustrate, violate, make void",
"*yirʾāh*": "fear, reverence, piety",
"*gāraʿ*": "to diminish, restrain, withdraw, limit",
"*śîḥāh*": "meditation, devotion, prayer",
"*lip̄nê*": "before, in front of",
"*ʾēl*": "God, deity"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Job.15.5",
"source": "כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִים",
"text": "*kî* *yəʾallēp̄* *ʿăwōnḵā* *p̄îḵā* *wə-tiḇḥar* *ləšôn* *ʿărûmîm*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for, because",
"*yəʾallēp̄*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it teaches/trains",
"*ʿăwōnḵā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your iniquity",
"*p̄îḵā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your mouth",
"*wə-tiḇḥar*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you choose",
"*ləšôn*": "noun, feminine singular - tongue/language",
"*ʿărûmîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - crafty/shrewd ones"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾālap̄*": "to teach, instruct, train",
"*ʿāwōn*": "iniquity, guilt, punishment",
"*peh*": "mouth, opening, speech",
"*bāḥar*": "to choose, select, elect",
"*lāšôn*": "tongue, language, speech",
"*ʿārûm*": "crafty, shrewd, cunning"
}
}