28 {
"verseID": "Job.15.28",
"source": "וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן עָרִים נִכְחָדוֹת בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּים",
"text": "*wayyiškôn* *ʿārîm* *niḵḥādôt* *bāttîm* *lōʾ-yēšḇû* *lāmô* *ʾăšer* *hitʿattədû* *ləḡallîm*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiškôn*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he dwells",
"*ʿārîm*": "noun, feminine plural - cities",
"*niḵḥādôt*": "niphal participle, feminine plural - desolate",
"*bāttîm*": "noun, masculine plural - houses",
"*lōʾ-yēšḇû*": "negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they do not dwell",
"*lāmô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in them",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which",
"*hitʿattədû*": "hithpael perfect, 3rd common plural - are ready",
"*ləḡallîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - for ruins"
},
"variants": {
"*šāḵan*": "to dwell, abide, reside",
"*ʿîr*": "city, town",
"*kāḥad*": "to hide, conceal, desolate",
"*bayit*": "house, dwelling, family",
"*yāšaḇ*": "to sit, dwell, remain",
"*ʿātad*": "to be ready, prepare",
"*gal*": "heap, wave, spring"
}
}
29 {
"verseID": "Job.15.29",
"source": "לֹא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילוֹ וְלֹא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָם",
"text": "*lōʾ-yeʿšar* *wə-lōʾ-yāqûm* *ḥêlô* *wə-lōʾ-yiṭṭeh* *lāʾāreṣ* *minlām*",
"grammar": {
"*lōʾ-yeʿšar*": "negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will not be rich",
"*wə-lōʾ-yāqûm*": "conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will not endure",
"*ḥêlô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wealth",
"*wə-lōʾ-yiṭṭeh*": "conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will not extend",
"*lāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - to the earth",
"*minlām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their possession"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿāšar*": "to be rich, wealthy",
"*qûm*": "to arise, stand, endure",
"*ḥayil*": "strength, wealth, army",
"*nāṭāh*": "to stretch out, extend, spread",
"*ʾereṣ*": "earth, land, ground",
"*minleh*": "possession, acquisition, property"
}
}
30 {
"verseID": "Job.15.30",
"source": "לֹא־יָסוּר מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ יֹנַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּשׁ שַׁלְהָבֶת וְיָסוּר בְּרוּחַ פִּיו",
"text": "*lōʾ-yāsûr* *minnî-ḥōšeḵ* *yōnaqtô* *təyabbēš* *šalhāḇet* *wə-yāsûr* *bərûaḥ* *pîw*",
"grammar": {
"*lōʾ-yāsûr*": "negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will not depart",
"*minnî-ḥōšeḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from darkness",
"*yōnaqtô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his shoot",
"*təyabbēš*": "piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will dry up",
"*šalhāḇet*": "noun, feminine singular - flame",
"*wə-yāsûr*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will depart",
"*bərûaḥ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - by the breath of",
"*pîw*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mouth"
},
"variants": {
"*sûr*": "to turn aside, depart, remove",
"*ḥōšeḵ*": "darkness, obscurity",
"*yôneqet*": "shoot, branch, sucker",
"*yāḇēš*": "to be dry, dried up, withered",
"*šalhāḇet*": "flame, blaze",
"*rûaḥ*": "breath, wind, spirit",
"*peh*": "mouth, opening, edge"
}
}
31 {
"verseID": "Job.15.31",
"source": "אַל־יַאֲמֵן בַּשָּׁיו נִתְעָה כִּי־שָׁוְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתוֹ",
"text": "*ʾal-yaʾămēn* *baššāw* *nitʿāh* *kî-šāwəʾ* *tihyeh* *təmûrātô*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾal-yaʾămēn*": "negative particle + hiphil imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine singular - let him not trust",
"*baššāw*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in vanity",
"*nitʿāh*": "niphal participle, masculine singular - deceived",
"*kî-šāwəʾ*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - for emptiness",
"*tihyeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will be",
"*təmûrātô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his recompense"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāman*": "to believe, trust, have faith in",
"*šāw*": "vanity, falsehood, worthlessness",
"*tāʿāh*": "to wander, stray, err",
"*šāwəʾ*": "emptiness, vanity, falsehood",
"*hāyāh*": "to be, become, happen",
"*təmûrāh*": "exchange, recompense, substitute"
}
}