3{
"verseID": "Job.21.3",
"source": "שָׂ֭אוּנִי וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְאַחַ֖ר דַּבְּרִ֣י תַלְעִֽיג׃",
"text": "*śāʾûnî wə-ʾānōkî ʾădabbēr wə-ʾaḥar dabbrî talʿîg*",
"grammar": {
"*śāʾûnî*": "Qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - bear/tolerate me",
"*wə-ʾānōkî*": "conjunctive waw + 1st person singular independent pronoun - and I",
"*ʾădabbēr*": "Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - will speak",
"*wə-ʾaḥar*": "conjunctive waw + preposition - and after",
"*dabbrî*": "Piel infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - my speaking",
"*talʿîg*": "Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you may mock/deride"
},
"variants": {
"*nāśāʾ*": "to lift/carry/bear/tolerate",
"*dābar*": "to speak/talk",
"*lāʿag*": "to mock/scorn/deride"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "Job.21.4",
"source": "הֶ֭אָנֹכִי לְאָדָ֣ם שִׂיחִ֑י וְאִם־מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ לֹא־תִקְצַ֥ר רוּחִֽי׃",
"text": "*heʾānōkî lə-ʾādām śîḥî wə-ʾim-maddûaʿ lōʾ-tiqṣar rûḥî*",
"grammar": {
"*heʾānōkî*": "interrogative particle + 1st person singular independent pronoun - am I",
"*lə-ʾādām*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - to man/human",
"*śîḥî*": "noun masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my complaint",
"*wə-ʾim*": "conjunctive waw + conditional particle - and if",
"*maddûaʿ*": "interrogative adverb - why",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*tiqṣar*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - should be short/impatient",
"*rûḥî*": "noun feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my spirit"
},
"variants": {
"*śîaḥ*": "complaint/meditation/concern",
"*qāṣar*": "to be short/impatient/distressed",
"*rûaḥ*": "spirit/breath/wind"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Job.21.5",
"source": "פְּנוּ־אֵלַ֥י וְהָשַׁ֑מּוּ וְשִׂ֖ימוּ יָ֣ד עַל־פֶּֽה׃",
"text": "*pənû-ʾēlay wə-hāšammû wə-śîmû yād ʿal-peh*",
"grammar": {
"*pənû*": "Qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - turn",
"*ʾēlay*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me",
"*wə-hāšammû*": "conjunctive waw + Hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - and be appalled/astounded",
"*wə-śîmû*": "conjunctive waw + Qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - and place",
"*yād*": "noun feminine singular - hand",
"*ʿal-peh*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - upon mouth"
},
"variants": {
"*pānāh*": "to turn/face",
"*šāmam*": "to be appalled/astounded/desolate",
"*śîm*": "to put/place/set",
"*peh*": "mouth/opening"
}
}