7{
"verseID": "Job.20.7",
"source": "כְּֽגֶלֲלוֹ לָנֶ֣צַח יֹאבֵ֑ד רֹ֝אָ֗יו יֹאמְר֥וּ אַיּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*kĕ-* *gĕlălô* *lā-neṣaḥ* *yōʾbēd* *rōʾāyw* *yōʾmĕrû* *ʾayyô*",
"grammar": {
"*kĕ-*": "preposition - like/as",
"*gĕlălô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his dung/excrement",
"*lā-neṣaḥ*": "preposition with definite article and noun, masculine singular - to the perpetuity/forever",
"*yōʾbēd*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he perishes",
"*rōʾāyw*": "verb qal participle, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his seers/those seeing him",
"*yōʾmĕrû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will say",
"*ʾayyô*": "interrogative particle with 3rd masculine singular suffix - where is he?"
},
"variants": {
"*gĕlălô*": "his dung/his excrement/his refuse",
"*neṣaḥ*": "perpetuity/forever/completeness",
"*yōʾbēd*": "perishes/is destroyed/is lost",
"*rōʾāyw*": "those seeing him/his viewers/those who saw him",
"*ʾayyô*": "where is he?/where has he gone?"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Job.20.8",
"source": "כַּחֲל֣וֹם יָ֭עוּף וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ וְ֝יֻדַּ֗ד כְּחֶזְי֥וֹן לָֽיְלָה׃",
"text": "*ka-* *ḥălôm* *yāʿûp* *wĕ-* *lōʾ* *yimṣāʾûhû* *wĕ-* *yuddad* *kĕ-* *ḥezyôn* *lāylāh*",
"grammar": {
"*ka-*": "preposition - like/as",
"*ḥălôm*": "noun, masculine singular - dream",
"*yāʿûp*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he flies away",
"*wĕ-*": "conjunction - and",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yimṣāʾûhû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - they will find him",
"*yuddad*": "hofal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he is chased away",
"*kĕ-*": "preposition - like/as",
"*ḥezyôn*": "noun, masculine singular construct - vision/apparition",
"*lāylāh*": "noun, masculine singular - night"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥălôm*": "dream/dreaming",
"*yāʿûp*": "flies away/soars away/vanishes",
"*yimṣāʾûhû*": "they will find him/they will discover him/they will obtain him",
"*yuddad*": "is chased away/is driven away/is banished",
"*ḥezyôn*": "vision/apparition/sight",
"*lāylāh*": "night/darkness"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Job.20.9",
"source": "עַ֣יִן שְׁ֭זָפַתּוּ וְלֹ֣א תוֹסִ֑יף וְלֹא־ע֝֗וֹד תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*ʿayin* *šĕzāpattû* *wĕ-* *lōʾ* *tôsîp* *wĕ-* *lōʾ-* *ʿôd* *tĕšûrennû* *mĕqômô*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿayin*": "noun, feminine singular - eye",
"*šĕzāpattû*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - it gazed at him",
"*wĕ-*": "conjunction - and",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*tôsîp*": "hifil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will add/continue",
"*wĕ-*": "conjunction - and",
"*lōʾ-*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʿôd*": "adverb - still/yet/again",
"*tĕšûrennû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - it will behold him",
"*mĕqômô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his place"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿayin*": "eye/sight",
"*šĕzāpattû*": "gazed at him/looked upon him/glimpsed him",
"*tôsîp*": "will add/will continue/will do again",
"*tĕšûrennû*": "will behold him/will look at him/will see him",
"*mĕqômô*": "his place/his location/his position"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Job.20.10",
"source": "בָּ֭נָיו יְרַצּ֣וּ דַלִּ֑ים וְ֝יָדָ֗יו תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*bānāyw* *yĕraṣṣû* *dallîm* *wĕ-* *yādāyw* *tāšēbnāh* *ʾônô*",
"grammar": {
"*bānāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sons",
"*yĕraṣṣû*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will seek favor/appease",
"*dallîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - poor ones",
"*wĕ-*": "conjunction - and",
"*yādāyw*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hands",
"*tāšēbnāh*": "hifil imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - they will return/restore",
"*ʾônô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wealth/vigor"
},
"variants": {
"*bānāyw*": "his sons/his children",
"*yĕraṣṣû*": "will seek favor from/will appease/will please/will curry favor with",
"*dallîm*": "poor ones/needy ones/weak ones",
"*yādāyw*": "his hands/his power",
"*tāšēbnāh*": "will return/will restore/will give back",
"*ʾônô*": "his wealth/his vigor/his strength/his substance"
}
}
11{
"verseID": "Job.20.11",
"source": "עַ֭צְמוֹתָיו מָלְא֣וּ *עלומו **עֲלוּמָ֑יו וְ֝עִמּ֗וֹ עַל־עָפָ֥ר תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃",
"text": "*ʿaṣmôtāyw* *mālʾû* *ʿălûmāyw* *wĕ-* *ʿimmô* *ʿal-* *ʿāpār* *tiškāb*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿaṣmôtāyw*": "noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his bones",
"*mālʾû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are full",
"*ʿălûmāyw*": "noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his youthful vigor",
"*wĕ-*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʿimmô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him",
"*ʿal-*": "preposition - upon",
"*ʿāpār*": "noun, masculine singular - dust",
"*tiškāb*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will lie down"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿaṣmôtāyw*": "his bones/his frame/his skeleton",
"*mālʾû*": "are full of/are filled with/are stuffed with",
"*ʿălûmāyw*": "his youthful vigor/his youth/his secret sins",
"*ʿāpār*": "dust/dirt/soil/earth",
"*tiškāb*": "will lie down/will rest/will recline"
}
}