14 {
"verseID": "Job.9.14",
"source": "אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ אֶבְחֲרָ֖ה דְבָרַ֣י עִמּוֹ׃",
"text": "*ʾap* *kî-ʾānōkî* *ʾeʿĕnennû* *ʾebḥărâ* *dəbāray* *ʿimmô*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾap*": "conjunction/adverb - indeed/even/also",
"*kî-ʾānōkî*": "conjunction + 1st person singular independent pronoun - that I",
"*ʾeʿĕnennû*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - I will answer him",
"*ʾebḥărâ*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - let me choose",
"*dəbāray*": "masculine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - my words",
"*ʿimmô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾap*": "indeed, even, also, how much less/more",
"*kî*": "that, because, when",
"*ʾānōkî*": "I, myself",
"*ʾeʿĕnennû*": "to answer, respond, reply",
"*ʾebḥărâ*": "to choose, select, elect",
"*dəbāray*": "words, sayings, matters"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Job.9.15",
"source": "אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃",
"text": "*ʾăšer* *ʾim-ṣādaqtî* *lōʾ* *ʾeʿĕneh* *li-mšōpṭî* *ʾetḥannān*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that",
"*ʾim-ṣādaqtî*": "conditional particle + qal perfect 1st person singular - though I am righteous",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾeʿĕneh*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will answer",
"*li-mšōpṭî*": "preposition + qal participle masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - to my judge",
"*ʾetḥannān*": "hithpael imperfect 1st person singular - I must plead for mercy"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾim-ṣādaqtî*": "to be righteous, be just, be in the right",
"*ʾeʿĕneh*": "to answer, respond, reply",
"*mšōpṭî*": "judge, one who judges me",
"*ʾetḥannān*": "to seek favor, implore, plead for mercy"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Job.9.16",
"source": "אִם־קָרָ֥אתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי לֹֽא־אַ֝אֲמִ֗ין כִּֽי־יַאֲזִ֥ין קוֹלִֽי׃",
"text": "*ʾim-qārāʾtî* *wa-yaʿănēnî* *lōʾ-ʾaʾămîn* *kî-yaʾăzîn* *qôlî*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾim-qārāʾtî*": "conditional particle + qal perfect 1st person singular - if I called",
"*wa-yaʿănēnî*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and he answered me",
"*lōʾ-ʾaʾămîn*": "negative particle + hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I would not believe",
"*kî-yaʾăzîn*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - that he would listen to",
"*qôlî*": "masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my voice"
},
"variants": {
"*qārāʾtî*": "to call, cry out, summon",
"*yaʿănēnî*": "to answer, respond, reply",
"*ʾaʾămîn*": "to believe, trust, have faith in",
"*yaʾăzîn*": "to hear, listen, pay attention to",
"*qôlî*": "voice, sound, noise"
}
}