12 {
"verseID": "Job.22.12",
"source": "הֲֽלֹא־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ גֹּ֣בַהּ שָׁמָ֑יִם וּרְאֵ֤ה רֹ֖אשׁ כּוֹכָבִ֣ים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃",
"text": "*hă-lōʾ-ʾĕlôah gōbah šāmāyim û-rəʾēh rōʾš kôkhābîm kî-rāmmû*",
"grammar": {
"*hă-lōʾ-ʾĕlôah*": "interrogative + negative particle + noun, masculine singular - is not God",
"*gōbah*": "noun, masculine singular construct - height of",
"*šāmāyim*": "noun, masculine plural - heavens",
"*û-rəʾēh*": "conjunction + Qal imperative, masculine singular - and see",
"*rōʾš*": "noun, masculine singular construct - head of",
"*kôkhābîm*": "noun, masculine plural - stars",
"*kî-rāmmû*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - for they are high"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity",
"*gōbah*": "height/loftiness",
"*šāmāyim*": "heavens/sky",
"*rəʾēh*": "to see/look/observe",
"*rōʾš*": "head/top/summit",
"*kôkhābîm*": "stars",
"*rāmmû*": "to be high/exalted/lifted up"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Job.22.13",
"source": "וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע אֵ֑ל הַבְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃",
"text": "*wə-ʾāmartā mah-yādaʿ ʾēl ha-bəʿad ʿărāpel yišpôṭ*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʾāmartā*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you say",
"*mah-yādaʿ*": "interrogative + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - what does know",
"*ʾēl*": "noun, masculine singular - God",
"*ha-bəʿad*": "interrogative + preposition - can through",
"*ʿărāpel*": "noun, masculine singular - thick darkness/cloud",
"*yišpôṭ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he judges"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāmartā*": "to say/speak/think",
"*yādaʿ*": "to know/perceive/understand",
"*ʾēl*": "God/deity/divine being",
"*bəʿad*": "through/behind/around",
"*ʿărāpel*": "thick darkness/dark cloud",
"*yišpôṭ*": "to judge/govern/decide"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Job.22.14",
"source": "עָבִ֣ים סֵֽתֶר־ל֭וֹ וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֑ה וְח֥וּג שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃",
"text": "*ʿābîm sēter-lô wə-lōʾ yirʾê wə-ḥûg šāmayim yithallākh*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿābîm*": "noun, masculine plural - clouds",
"*sēter-lô*": "noun, masculine singular + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - covering for him",
"*wə-lōʾ yirʾê*": "conjunction + negative particle + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he does not see",
"*wə-ḥûg*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and vault/circle of",
"*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine plural - heavens",
"*yithallākh*": "Hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he walks about"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿābîm*": "clouds/thick clouds",
"*sēter*": "covering/hiding place/shelter",
"*yirʾê*": "to see/perceive/look",
"*ḥûg*": "circle/vault/horizon",
"*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky",
"*yithallākh*": "to walk about/to go to and fro/to walk habitually"
}
}