19{
"verseID": "Job.21.19",
"source": "אֱל֗וֹהַּ יִצְפֹּן־לְבָנָ֥יו אוֹנ֑וֹ יְשַׁלֵּ֖ם אֵלָ֣יו וְיֵדָֽע׃",
"text": "*ʾĕlôah yiṣpōn-lə-bānāyw ʾônô yəšallēm ʾēlāyw wə-yēdāʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾĕlôah*": "noun masculine singular - God",
"*yiṣpōn*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he stores up",
"*lə-bānāyw*": "preposition + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - for his sons/children",
"*ʾônô*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his iniquity",
"*yəšallēm*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he repays",
"*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*wə-yēdāʿ*": "conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he knows"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity",
"*ṣāpan*": "to hide/store up/treasure",
"*bēn*": "son/child",
"*ʾāwen*": "iniquity/trouble/sorrow",
"*šālam*": "to be complete/repay/reward",
"*yādaʿ*": "to know/understand"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "Job.21.20",
"source": "יִרְא֣וּ *עינו **עֵינָ֣יו כִּיד֑וֹ וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃",
"text": "*yirʾû ʿênāyw kîdô û-mēḥămat šadday yišteh*",
"grammar": {
"*yirʾû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they see",
"*ʿênāyw*": "noun feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix (Qere; Ketiv: *ʿênô*) - his eyes",
"*kîdô*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his destruction",
"*û-mēḥămat*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun feminine singular construct - and from wrath of",
"*šadday*": "noun masculine singular - Almighty",
"*yišteh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he drinks"
},
"variants": {
"*rāʾâ*": "to see/observe/perceive",
"*ʿayin*": "eye",
"*kîd*": "destruction/calamity/ruin",
"*ḥēmâ*": "heat/rage/wrath",
"*šadday*": "Almighty/All-sufficient (divine name)",
"*šātâ*": "to drink"
}
}
21{
"verseID": "Job.21.21",
"source": "כִּ֤י מַה־חֶפְצ֣וֹ בְּבֵית֣וֹ אַחֲרָ֑יו וּמִסְפַּ֖ר חֳדָשָׁ֣יו חֻצָּֽצוּ׃",
"text": "*kî mah-ḥepṣô bə-bêtô ʾaḥărāyw û-mispar ḥŏdāšāyw ḥuṣṣāṣû*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*mah*": "interrogative pronoun - what",
"*ḥepṣô*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pleasure/delight",
"*bə-bêtô*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his house",
"*ʾaḥărāyw*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - after him",
"*û-mispar*": "conjunctive waw + noun masculine singular construct - and number of",
"*ḥŏdāšāyw*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his months",
"*ḥuṣṣāṣû*": "Pual perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are cut off/determined"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥēpeṣ*": "delight/pleasure/desire",
"*bayit*": "house/home/family",
"*mispar*": "number/count",
"*ḥōdeš*": "month/new moon",
"*ḥāṣaṣ*": "to divide/cut/determine"
}
}
22{
"verseID": "Job.21.22",
"source": "הַלְאֵ֥ל יְלַמֶּד־דָּ֑עַת וְ֝ה֗וּא רָמִ֥ים יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃",
"text": "*ha-lə-ʾēl yəlammed-dāʿat wə-hûʾ rāmîm yišpôṭ*",
"grammar": {
"*ha-lə-ʾēl*": "interrogative particle + preposition + noun masculine singular - to God",
"*yəlammed*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - one teaches",
"*dāʿat*": "noun feminine singular - knowledge",
"*wə-hûʾ*": "conjunctive waw + 3rd person masculine singular independent pronoun - and he",
"*rāmîm*": "adjective masculine plural - exalted ones/high places",
"*yišpôṭ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he judges"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾēl*": "God/deity/mighty one",
"*lāmad*": "to learn/teach",
"*dāʿat*": "knowledge/wisdom",
"*rām*": "high/exalted/lofty",
"*šāpaṭ*": "to judge/govern/vindicate"
}
}