1{
"verseID": "Job.16.1",
"source": "וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃",
"text": "*wə-yaʿan* *ʾIyyōb* *wə-yōʾmar*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yaʿan*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he answered",
"*ʾIyyōb*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Job",
"*wə-yōʾmar*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said"
},
"variants": {
"*yaʿan*": "to answer, respond, reply",
"*ʾIyyōb*": "Job (proper name)",
"*yōʾmar*": "to say, speak, declare"
}
}
2{
"verseID": "Job.16.2",
"source": "שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי כְאֵ֣לֶּה רַבּ֑וֹת מְנַחֲמֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃",
"text": "*šāmaʿtî* like *ʾēlleh* *rabbôt* *mənaḥămê* *ʿāmāl* all of you",
"grammar": {
"*šāmaʿtî*": "Qal perfect 1st singular - I have heard",
"*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun, plural - these",
"*rabbôt*": "adjective, feminine plural - many",
"*mənaḥămê*": "Piel participle masculine plural construct - comforters of",
"*ʿāmāl*": "noun, masculine singular - trouble/misery",
"*kullkĕm*": "noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - all of you"
},
"variants": {
"*šāmaʿtî*": "to hear, listen, obey",
"*ʾēlleh*": "these, those, such as these",
"*rabbôt*": "many, much, great",
"*mənaḥămê*": "comforters, consolers",
"*ʿāmāl*": "trouble, labor, toil, misery"
}
}
3{
"verseID": "Job.16.3",
"source": "הֲקֵ֥ץ לְדִבְרֵי־ר֑וּחַ א֥וֹ מַה־יַּ֝מְרִֽיצְךָ֗ כִּ֣י תַעֲנֶֽה׃",
"text": "?*hăqēṣ* to *dibrê-rûaḥ* *ʾô* *mah-yamrîṣkā* *kî* *taʿăneh*",
"grammar": {
"*hăqēṣ*": "interrogative particle + noun, masculine singular - is there an end?",
"*dibrê-rûaḥ*": "noun masculine plural construct + noun feminine singular - words of wind",
"*ʾô*": "conjunction - or",
"*mah-yamrîṣkā*": "interrogative + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - what provokes you?",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that, because",
"*taʿăneh*": "Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you answer"
},
"variants": {
"*qēṣ*": "end, limit",
"*dibrê*": "words, matters, things",
"*rûaḥ*": "wind, breath, spirit",
"*yamrîṣ*": "to be sick, provoke, incite",
"*taʿăneh*": "to answer, respond, testify"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "Job.16.4",
"source": "גַּ֤ם ׀ אָנֹכִי֮ כָּכֶ֢ם אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה ל֤וּ־יֵ֪שׁ נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם תַּ֤חַת נַפְשִׁ֗י אַחְבִּ֣ירָה עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם בְּמִלִּ֑ים וְאָנִ֥יעָה עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם בְּמ֣וֹ רֹאשִֽׁי׃",
"text": "*gam* *ʾānōkî* *kākêm* *ʾădabbērāh* *lû-yēš* *napškem* *taḥat* *napšî* *ʾaḥbîrāh* *ʿălêkem* *bə-millîm* *wə-ʾānîʿāh* *ʿălêkem* *bəmô* *rōʾšî*",
"grammar": {
"*gam*": "adverb - also, moreover",
"*ʾānōkî*": "pronoun 1st singular - I",
"*kākêm*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - like you",
"*ʾădabbērāh*": "Piel imperfect 1st singular cohortative - I would speak",
"*lû-yēš*": "conditional particle + existential - if there were",
"*napškem*": "noun feminine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your soul",
"*taḥat*": "preposition - under, instead of",
"*napšî*": "noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my soul",
"*ʾaḥbîrāh*": "Hiphil imperfect 1st singular cohortative - I would join",
"*ʿălêkem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - against you",
"*bə-millîm*": "preposition + noun feminine plural - with words",
"*wə-ʾānîʿāh*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 1st singular cohortative - and I would shake",
"*bəmô*": "preposition - with",
"*rōʾšî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my head"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾădabbērāh*": "to speak, declare",
"*napškem*": "soul, self, life, being, desire",
"*napšî*": "soul, self, life, being, desire",
"*ʾaḥbîrāh*": "to join, unite, combine, heap up",
"*millîm*": "words, speech",
"*ʾānîʿāh*": "to waver, shake, wag"
}
}