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"
}
}