21{
"verseID": "Job.37.21",
"source": "וְעַתָּ֤ה ׀ לֹ֘א רָ֤אוּ א֗וֹר בָּהִ֣יר ה֭וּא בַּשְּׁחָקִ֑ים וְר֥וּחַ עָ֝בְרָ֗ה וַֽתְּטַהֲרֵֽם׃",
"text": "*wə-ʿattāh lōʾ rāʾû ʾôr bāhîr hûʾ baš-šəḥāqîm wə-rûaḥ ʿāḇrāh wat-təṭahărēm*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʿattāh*": "conjunction + adverb - and now",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*rāʾû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they see/saw",
"*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light",
"*bāhîr*": "adjective, masculine singular - bright/clear",
"*hûʾ*": "personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - it",
"*baš-šəḥāqîm*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - in the clouds/skies",
"*wə-rûaḥ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and wind",
"*ʿāḇrāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - passes/passed",
"*wat-təṭahărēm*": "conjunction + piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and it clears them"
},
"variants": {
"*bāhîr*": "bright/clear/brilliant/shining",
"*šəḥāqîm*": "clouds/skies/heavens",
"*rûaḥ*": "wind/breath/spirit",
"*ʿāḇrāh*": "passes/passed by/crossed over",
"*təṭahărēm*": "clears them/cleanses them/purifies them"
}
}
22{
"verseID": "Job.37.22",
"source": "מִ֭צָּפוֹן זָהָ֣ב יֶֽאֱתֶ֑ה עַל־אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ נ֣וֹרָא הֽוֹד׃",
"text": "*miṣ-ṣāpôn zāhāḇ yeʾĕṯeh ʿal-ʾĕlôah nôrāʾ hôd*",
"grammar": {
"*miṣ-ṣāpôn*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - from the north",
"*zāhāḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - gold",
"*yeʾĕṯeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - comes",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/concerning",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "noun, masculine singular - God",
"*nôrāʾ*": "niphal participle, masculine singular - fearful/awesome",
"*hôd*": "noun, masculine singular - splendor/majesty"
},
"variants": {
"*ṣāpôn*": "north/northern region",
"*zāhāḇ*": "gold/golden brightness",
"*yeʾĕṯeh*": "comes/approaches/arrives",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity",
"*nôrāʾ*": "fearful/awesome/terrible/dreadful",
"*hôd*": "splendor/majesty/glory/honor"
}
}
23{
"verseID": "Job.37.23",
"source": "שַׁדַּ֣י לֹֽא־מְ֭צָאנֻהוּ שַׂגִּיא־כֹ֑חַ וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט וְרֹב־צְ֝דָקָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְעַנֶּֽה׃",
"text": "*šadday lōʾ-məṣāʾnūhû śaggîʾ-kōaḥ û-mišpāṭ wə-rōḇ-ṣədāqāh lōʾ yəʿanneh*",
"grammar": {
"*šadday*": "noun, masculine singular - Almighty/the Almighty One",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*məṣāʾnūhû*": "qal perfect, 1st common plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - we find him",
"*śaggîʾ*": "adjective, masculine singular construct - great/abundant in",
"*kōaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - strength/power",
"*û-mišpāṭ*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and justice",
"*wə-rōḇ*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and abundance of",
"*ṣədāqāh*": "noun, feminine singular - righteousness",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yəʿanneh*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he afflicts/oppresses"
},
"variants": {
"*šadday*": "Almighty/the Almighty One",
"*məṣāʾnūhû*": "we find him/we reach him/we attain to him",
"*śaggîʾ*": "great/abundant/exceeding",
"*kōaḥ*": "strength/power/might",
"*mišpāṭ*": "justice/judgment/right",
"*ṣədāqāh*": "righteousness/rightness/justice",
"*yəʿanneh*": "afflicts/oppresses/violates/answers"
}
}