19{
"verseID": "Job.4.19",
"source": "אַ֤ף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵ֬י בָֽתֵּי־חֹ֗מֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָ֥ר יְסוֹדָ֑ם יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ׃",
"text": "How much more *ʾap* *šōḵənê* *bāttê-ḥōmer* who *ʾăšer-be-ʿāpār* *yəsôdām* *yədakkəʾûm* before *lipnê-ʿāš*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾap*": "conjunction/adverb - how much more/also/even",
"*šōḵənê*": "Qal participle, masculine plural construct - dwellers of",
"*bāttê-ḥōmer*": "noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - houses of clay",
"*ʾăšer-be-ʿāpār*": "relative pronoun + preposition + noun, masculine singular - which in dust",
"*yəsôdām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their foundation",
"*yədakkəʾûm*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - they crush them",
"*lipnê-ʿāš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - before the moth"
},
"variants": {
"*šōḵənê*": "dwellers/inhabitants/residents",
"*bāttê-ḥōmer*": "houses of clay/dirt/material",
"*ʿāpār*": "dust/dirt/earth",
"*yəsôdām*": "their foundation/basis/beginning",
"*yədakkəʾûm*": "they crush them/oppress them/break them",
"*ʿāš*": "moth/insect"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "Job.4.20",
"source": "מִבֹּ֣קֶר לָעֶ֣רֶב יֻכַּ֑תּוּ מִבְּלִ֥י מֵ֝שִׂ֗ים לָנֶ֥צַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃",
"text": "From *mib-bōqer* to *lā-ʿereb* *yukkattû* from without *mibblî* *mēśîm* forever *lā-neṣaḥ* *yōʾbēdû*",
"grammar": {
"*mib-bōqer*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from morning",
"*lā-ʿereb*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - to evening",
"*yukkattû*": "Hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are broken",
"*mibblî*": "preposition + negative particle - from without",
"*mēśîm*": "Hiphil participle, masculine singular - one who sets/places",
"*lā-neṣaḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - forever",
"*yōʾbēdû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they perish"
},
"variants": {
"*bōqer*": "morning/daybreak/dawn",
"*ʿereb*": "evening/sunset/night",
"*yukkattû*": "to be broken/crushed/beaten",
"*mēśîm*": "one who sets/places/considers",
"*neṣaḥ*": "forever/eternity/perpetuity",
"*yōʾbēdû*": "to perish/be destroyed/be lost"
}
}
21{
"verseID": "Job.4.21",
"source": "הֲלֹא־נִסַּ֣ע יִתְרָ֣ם בָּ֑ם יָ֝מ֗וּתוּ וְלֹ֣א בְחָכְמָֽה׃",
"text": "Is not *hălōʾ-nissaʿ* *yitrām* in *bām* *yāmûtû* and not *wə-lōʾ* in *bə-ḥāḵmāh*",
"grammar": {
"*hălōʾ-nissaʿ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle + Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is not pulled up",
"*yitrām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their tent cord",
"*bām*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in them",
"*yāmûtû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they die",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "waw conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*bə-ḥāḵmāh*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - in wisdom"
},
"variants": {
"*nissaʿ*": "to pull up/remove/journey",
"*yitrām*": "their tent cord/excess/abundance",
"*yāmûtû*": "to die/expire/perish",
"*ḥāḵmāh*": "wisdom/skill/knowledge"
}
}