1 {
"verseID": "Job.28.1",
"source": "כִּ֤י יֵ֣שׁ לַכֶּ֣סֶף מוֹצָ֑א וּ֝מָק֗וֹם לַזָּהָ֥ב יָזֹֽקּוּ׃",
"text": "For *yēš* to-the-*kesep̄* *môṣāʾ* and-*māqôm* to-the-*zāhāḇ* *yāzōqqû*",
"grammar": {
"*yēš*": "existential particle - there is/exists",
"*kesep̄*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - silver",
"*môṣāʾ*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - place of going out/exit/source",
"*māqôm*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - place",
"*zāhāḇ*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - gold",
"*yāzōqqû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they refine/purify"
},
"variants": {
"*môṣāʾ*": "source/mine/vein/place of extraction",
"*yāzōqqû*": "they refine/purify/filter/strain"
}
}
2 {
"verseID": "Job.28.2",
"source": "בַּ֭רְזֶל מֵעָפָ֣ר יֻקָּ֑ח וְ֝אֶ֗בֶן יָצ֥וּק נְחוּשָֽׁה׃",
"text": "*Barzel* from-*ʿāp̄ār* *yuqqāḥ* and-*ʾeḇen* *yāṣûq* *nəḥûšāh*",
"grammar": {
"*barzel*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - iron",
"*ʿāp̄ār*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - dust/soil/earth",
"*yuqqāḥ*": "verb, hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is taken",
"*ʾeḇen*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct - stone",
"*yāṣûq*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - pours out",
"*nəḥûšāh*": "noun, feminine, singular, absolute - copper/bronze"
},
"variants": {
"*yuqqāḥ*": "is taken/extracted/obtained",
"*yāṣûq*": "pours out/melts/smelts/is molten",
"*nəḥûšāh*": "copper/bronze/brass"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Job.28.3",
"source": "קֵ֤ץ ׀ שָׂ֤ם לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ וּֽלְכָל־תַּ֭כְלִית ה֣וּא חוֹקֵ֑ר אֶ֖בֶן אֹ֣פֶל וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃",
"text": "*Qēṣ* *śām* to-the-*ḥōšek* and-to-all-*taḵlîṯ* *hûʾ* *ḥôqēr* *ʾeḇen* *ʾōp̄el* and-*ṣalmāweṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*qēṣ*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - end/limit/boundary",
"*śām*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he sets/puts/places",
"*ḥōšek*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - darkness",
"*taḵlîṯ*": "noun, feminine, singular, absolute - end/completion/perfection",
"*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he",
"*ḥôqēr*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - searching/investigating",
"*ʾeḇen*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct - stone",
"*ʾōp̄el*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - darkness/gloom",
"*ṣalmāweṯ*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - deep darkness/shadow of death"
},
"variants": {
"*qēṣ*": "end/limit/boundary/term",
"*taḵlîṯ*": "end/limit/completeness/perfection",
"*ḥôqēr*": "searches/investigates/examines thoroughly",
"*ʾōp̄el*": "darkness/gloom/obscurity",
"*ṣalmāweṯ*": "deep darkness/shadow of death/utter darkness"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Job.28.4",
"source": "פָּ֤רַץ נַ֨חַל ׀ מֵֽעִם־גָּ֗ר הַֽנִּשְׁכָּחִ֥ים מִנִּי־רָ֑גֶל דַּ֖לּוּ מֵאֱנ֣וֹשׁ נָֽעוּ׃",
"text": "*Pāraṣ* *naḥal* from-with-*gār* the-*niškāḥîm* from-*rāḡel* *dallû* from-*ʾĕnôš* *nāʿû*",
"grammar": {
"*pāraṣ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he broke open/breached",
"*naḥal*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - stream/torrent/wadi",
"*gār*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - sojourning/dwelling temporarily",
"*niškāḥîm*": "verb, niphal participle, masculine plural - being forgotten",
"*rāḡel*": "noun, feminine, singular, absolute - foot",
"*dallû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they hang/dangle/swing",
"*ʾĕnôš*": "noun, masculine, singular, absolute - man/mankind",
"*nāʿû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they wander/move to and fro"
},
"variants": {
"*pāraṣ*": "breaks through/breaches/bursts open",
"*naḥal*": "stream/torrent/wadi/shaft",
"*gār*": "sojourner/temporary resident",
"*niškāḥîm*": "forgotten ones/those forgotten",
"*dallû*": "hang down/dangle/are low/weak",
"*nāʿû*": "wander/stagger/totter/move to and fro"
}
}