Job 23:10-12 : 10 {
"verseID": "Job.23.10",
"source": "כִּֽי־יָ֭דַע דֶּ֣רֶךְ עִמָּדִ֑י בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִי כַּזָּהָ֥ב אֵצֵֽא׃",
"text": "*kî-yādaʿ* *derek* *ʿimmādî* *bəḥānanî* *kazzāhāb* *ʾēṣēʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*kî-yādaʿ*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - for he knows",
"*derek*": "noun, masculine singular construct - way of",
"*ʿimmādî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me",
"*bəḥānanî*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he has tested me",
"*kazzāhāb*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the gold",
"*ʾēṣēʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I shall come forth"
},
"variants": {
"*yādaʿ*": "to know, perceive, recognize, understand",
"*derek*": "way, road, journey, manner, path, direction",
"*bāḥan*": "to examine, try, test, prove",
"*zāhāb*": "gold",
"*yāṣāʾ*": "to go out, come forth, proceed, emerge"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Job.23.11",
"source": "בַּ֭אֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכּ֖וֹ שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי וְלֹא־אָֽט׃",
"text": "*baʾăšurô* *ʾāḥăzâ* *raglî* *darkô* *šāmartî* *wə-lōʾ-ʾāṭ*",
"grammar": {
"*baʾăšurô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his step/path",
"*ʾāḥăzâ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has held",
"*raglî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my foot",
"*darkô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his way",
"*šāmartî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have kept",
"*wə-lōʾ-ʾāṭ*": "conjunction + negative particle + Qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I have not turned aside"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāšur*": "step, going, pace, path",
"*ʾāḥaz*": "to take, seize, hold, grasp",
"*regel*": "foot, leg",
"*derek*": "way, path, journey, conduct",
"*šāmar*": "to keep, watch, preserve, guard",
"*nāṭâ*": "to turn aside, incline, stretch out, deviate"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Job.23.12",
"source": "מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָיו וְלֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗י צָפַ֥נְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִֽיו׃",
"text": "*miṣwat* *śəpātāyw* *wə-lōʾ* *ʾāmîš* *mēḥuqqî* *ṣāpantî* *ʾimrê-pîw*",
"grammar": {
"*miṣwat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - commandment of",
"*śəpātāyw*": "noun, feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his lips",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*ʾāmîš*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I depart",
"*mēḥuqqî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - from my prescribed portion/statute",
"*ṣāpantî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have treasured up/hidden",
"*ʾimrê-pîw*": "noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - words of his mouth"
},
"variants": {
"*miṣwâ*": "commandment, precept, ordinance",
"*śāpâ*": "lip, speech, edge, border",
"*mûš*": "to depart, remove, withdraw",
"*ḥōq*": "statute, prescribed portion, decree, boundary",
"*ṣāpan*": "to hide, treasure up, store, lay up",
"*ʾēmer*": "word, speech, command",
"*peh*": "mouth, opening, orifice"
}
}