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"
}
}
17{
"verseID": "Job.16.17",
"source": "עַ֭ל לֹא־חָמָ֣ס בְּכַפָּ֑י וּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥י זַכָּֽה׃",
"text": "*ʿal* *lōʾ-ḥāmās* *bə-kappāy* *û-təpillātî* *zakkāh*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿal*": "preposition - on account of",
"*lōʾ-ḥāmās*": "negative particle + noun masculine singular - no violence",
"*bə-kappāy*": "preposition + noun feminine dual + 1st singular suffix - in my hands",
"*û-təpillātî*": "conjunction + noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - and my prayer",
"*zakkāh*": "adjective feminine singular - pure"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥāmās*": "violence, wrong, cruelty",
"*kappāy*": "hands, palms",
"*təpillātî*": "prayer, intercession",
"*zakkāh*": "pure, clean"
}
}
18{
"verseID": "Job.16.18",
"source": "אֶ֭רֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑י וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י מָ֝ק֗וֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי׃",
"text": "*ʾereṣ* *ʾal-təkassî* *dāmî* *wə-ʾal-yəhî* *māqôm* *ləzaʿăqātî*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun feminine singular - earth",
"*ʾal-təkassî*": "negative particle + Piel imperfect 2nd feminine singular jussive - do not cover",
"*dāmî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my blood",
"*wə-ʾal-yəhî*": "conjunction + negative particle + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - and let there not be",
"*māqôm*": "noun masculine singular - place",
"*ləzaʿăqātî*": "preposition + noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - for my cry"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾereṣ*": "earth, land, ground",
"*təkassî*": "to cover, conceal, hide",
"*dāmî*": "blood",
"*yəhî*": "to be, exist, happen",
"*māqôm*": "place, spot, location",
"*zaʿăqātî*": "cry, outcry"
}
}