15 {
"verseID": "Job.18.15",
"source": "תִּשְׁכּוֹן בְּאָהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִי־לוֹ יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גָפְרִית",
"text": "*tiškôn bəʾohŏlô mibbəlî-lô yəzōreh ʿal-nāwēhû gop̄rîṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*tiškôn*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will dwell",
"*bəʾohŏlô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his tent",
"*mibbəlî-lô*": "preposition + negation + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from lack to him",
"*yəzōreh*": "Pual imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be scattered",
"*ʿal-nāwēhû*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon his habitation",
"*gop̄rîṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - sulfur"
},
"variants": {
"*tiškôn*": "will dwell/reside/inhabit",
"*bəʾohŏlô*": "in his tent/dwelling",
"*mibbəlî-lô*": "from lack to him/because it is not his/what does not belong to him",
"*yəzōreh*": "will be scattered/sprinkled/strewn",
"*ʿal-nāwēhû*": "upon his habitation/dwelling place",
"*gop̄rîṯ*": "sulfur/brimstone"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Job.18.16",
"source": "מִתַּחַת שָׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירוֹ",
"text": "*mittaḥaṯ šārāšāyw yiḇāšû ûmimmaʿal yimmal qəṣîrô*",
"grammar": {
"*mittaḥaṯ*": "preposition - from beneath",
"*šārāšāyw*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his roots",
"*yiḇāšû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will dry up",
"*ûmimmaʿal*": "conjunction + preposition - and from above",
"*yimmal*": "Poal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be cut off",
"*qəṣîrô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his harvest"
},
"variants": {
"*mittaḥaṯ*": "from beneath/below/underneath",
"*šārāšāyw*": "his roots/foundations",
"*yiḇāšû*": "they will dry up/wither/be dried",
"*ûmimmaʿal*": "and from above/overhead",
"*yimmal*": "will be cut off/withered/destroyed",
"*qəṣîrô*": "his harvest/branch/crop"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Job.18.17",
"source": "זִכְרוֹ־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לוֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חוּץ",
"text": "*ziḵrô-ʾāḇaḏ minnî-ʾāreṣ wəlōʾ-šēm lô ʿal-pənê-ḥûṣ*",
"grammar": {
"*ziḵrô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his memory",
"*ʾāḇaḏ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it perishes",
"*minnî-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - from the earth",
"*wəlōʾ-šēm*": "conjunction + negative particle + noun, masculine singular - and no name",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*ʿal-pənê-ḥûṣ*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - upon the face of the street"
},
"variants": {
"*ziḵrô*": "his memory/remembrance/memorial",
"*ʾāḇaḏ*": "perishes/is lost/vanishes",
"*minnî-ʾāreṣ*": "from the earth/land",
"*wəlōʾ-šēm lô*": "and no name to him/he has no reputation",
"*ʿal-pənê-ḥûṣ*": "upon the face of the street/in public/in the open"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Job.18.18",
"source": "יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֹר אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּהוּ",
"text": "*yehdəp̄uhû mēʾôr ʾel-ḥōšeḵ ûmittēḇēl yənidduhû*",
"grammar": {
"*yehdəp̄uhû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they drive him",
"*mēʾôr*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from light",
"*ʾel-ḥōšeḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - to darkness",
"*ûmittēḇēl*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular - and from the world",
"*yənidduhû*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they chase him"
},
"variants": {
"*yehdəp̄uhû*": "they drive him/thrust him/push him away",
"*mēʾôr*": "from light/illumination",
"*ʾel-ḥōšeḵ*": "to darkness/obscurity",
"*ûmittēḇēl*": "and from the world/habitable earth",
"*yənidduhû*": "they chase him/force him away/banish him"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Job.18.19",
"source": "לֹא נִין לוֹ וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמּוֹ וְאֵין שָׂרִיד בִּמְגוּרָיו",
"text": "*lōʾ nîn lô wəlōʾ-neḵeḏ bəʿammô wəʾên śārîḏ bimgûrāyw*",
"grammar": {
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*nîn*": "noun, masculine singular - offspring",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*wəlōʾ-neḵeḏ*": "conjunction + negative particle + noun, masculine singular - and no posterity",
"*bəʿammô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his people",
"*wəʾên*": "conjunction + particle of negation - and there is not",
"*śārîḏ*": "noun, masculine singular - survivor",
"*bimgûrāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his dwellings"
},
"variants": {
"*lōʾ nîn lô*": "no offspring to him/he has no son",
"*wəlōʾ-neḵeḏ*": "and no posterity/grandson/descendant",
"*bəʿammô*": "in his people/relatives/family",
"*wəʾên śārîḏ*": "and there is no survivor/remnant",
"*bimgûrāyw*": "in his dwellings/places where he sojourned"
}
}