Job 14:7-9 : 7 {
"verseID": "Job.14.7",
"source": "כִּ֤י יֵ֥שׁ לָעֵ֗ץ תִּ֫קְוָ֥ה אִֽם־יִ֭כָּרֵת וְע֣וֹד יַחֲלִ֑יף וְ֝יֹֽנַקְתּ֗וֹ לֹ֣א תֶחְדָּֽל׃",
"text": "*kî* *yēš* *lāʿēṣ* *tiqwâ* *ʾim*-*yikkārēt* *wəʿôd* *yaḥălîp* *wəyōnaqtô* *lōʾ* *teḥdāl*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*yēš*": "particle of existence - there is",
"*lāʿēṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - for the tree",
"*tiqwâ*": "noun, feminine, singular - hope",
"*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if",
"*yikkārēt*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it is cut down",
"*wəʿôd*": "conjunction + adverb - and still/yet",
"*yaḥălîp*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it will sprout again",
"*wəyōnaqtô*": "conjunction + noun, feminine, singular, construct + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - and its shoot",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*teḥdāl*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular - it ceases"
},
"variants": {
"*yēš*": "there is/exists",
"*tiqwâ*": "hope/expectation",
"*yikkārēt*": "is cut down/felled/cut off",
"*yaḥălîp*": "sprouts again/renews itself/sends out shoots",
"*yōnaqtô*": "its shoot/its sprout/its tender branch",
"*teḥdāl*": "ceases/fails/stops"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Job.14.8",
"source": "אִם־יַזְקִ֣ין בָּאָ֣רֶץ שָׁרְשׁ֑וֹ וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר יָמ֥וּת גִּזְעֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*ʾim*-*yazqîn* *bāʾāreṣ* *šāršô* *ûbeʿāpār* *yāmût* *gizʿô*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if",
"*yazqîn*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it grows old/becomes old",
"*bāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - in the earth/ground",
"*šāršô*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - its root",
"*ûbeʿāpār*": "conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - and in the dust",
"*yāmût*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it dies",
"*gizʿô*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - its stump"
},
"variants": {
"*yazqîn*": "grows old/becomes aged/becomes old",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/ground/land",
"*šōreš*": "root/rootstock",
"*ʿāpār*": "dust/soil/dirt",
"*yāmût*": "dies/perishes",
"*gizʿô*": "its stump/its trunk/its stock"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Job.14.9",
"source": "מֵרֵ֣יַּח מַ֣יִם יַפְרִ֑חַ וְעָשָׂ֖ה קָצִ֣יר כְּמוֹ־נָֽטַע׃",
"text": "*mērêaḥ* *mayim* *yapriḥa* *wəʿāśâ* *qāṣîr* *kəmô*-*nāṭaʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*mērêaḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular, construct - from scent of",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine, plural - water",
"*yapriḥa*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it sprouts/buds",
"*wəʿāśâ*": "conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and it makes/produces",
"*qāṣîr*": "noun, masculine, singular - branch/bough",
"*kəmô*": "preposition - like/as",
"*nāṭaʿ*": "verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it was planted"
},
"variants": {
"*rêaḥ*": "scent/smell/fragrance",
"*yapriḥa*": "sprouts/buds/flourishes",
"*qāṣîr*": "branch/bough/harvest",
"*nāṭaʿ*": "plant/sapling/newly planted tree"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Job.14.10",
"source": "וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*wəgeber* *yāmût* *wayyeḥĕlāš* *wayyigwaʿ* *ʾādām* *wəʾayyô*",
"grammar": {
"*wəgeber*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and man/strong man",
"*yāmût*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he dies",
"*wayyeḥĕlāš*": "conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and he is weakened/prostrated",
"*wayyigwaʿ*": "conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and he expires/perishes",
"*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine, singular - man/human",
"*wəʾayyô*": "conjunction + interrogative + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - and where is he"
},
"variants": {
"*geber*": "man/mighty man/strong man",
"*yāmût*": "dies/perishes",
"*wayyeḥĕlāš*": "is weakened/is prostrated/is laid low",
"*wayyigwaʿ*": "expires/perishes/breathes his last",
"*ʾādām*": "man/mankind/human",
"*ʾayyô*": "where is he/his whereabouts"
}
}