11 {
"verseID": "Job.29.11",
"source": "כִּ֤י אֹ֣זֶן שָׁ֭מְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵ֑נִי וְעַ֥ין רָ֝אֲתָ֗ה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי",
"text": "*kî* *ʾōzen* *šāməʿāh* *wa-təʾaššrēnî* *wə-ʿayin* *rāʾătāh* *wa-təʿîdēnî*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because/when",
"*ʾōzen*": "noun, feminine singular - ear",
"*šāməʿāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it heard",
"*wa-təʾaššrēnî*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and it blessed/called me happy",
"*wə-ʿayin*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and eye",
"*rāʾătāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it saw",
"*wa-təʿîdēnî*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and it testified/bore witness to me"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾōzen*": "ear/hearing",
"*šāməʿāh*": "it heard/listened",
"*təʾaššrēnî*": "it blessed me/pronounced me happy/approved me",
"*ʿayin*": "eye/sight",
"*təʿîdēnî*": "it testified for me/bore me witness/gave approval of me"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Job.29.12",
"source": "כִּֽי־אֲ֭מַלֵּט עָנִ֣י מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וְ֝יָת֗וֹם וְֽלֹא־עֹזֵ֥ר לֽוֹ",
"text": "*kî-ʾămalleṭ* *ʿānî* *məšawwēaʿ* *wə-yātôm* *wə-lōʾ-ʿōzēr* *lô*",
"grammar": {
"*kî-ʾămalleṭ*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - for I delivered/rescued",
"*ʿānî*": "adjective, masculine singular - poor/afflicted",
"*məšawwēaʿ*": "Piel participle, masculine singular - crying for help",
"*wə-yātôm*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and orphan",
"*wə-lōʾ-ʿōzēr*": "conjunction + negative particle + Qal participle, masculine singular - and no helper",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him/for him"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾămalleṭ*": "I delivered/rescued/saved",
"*ʿānî*": "poor/afflicted/humble/oppressed",
"*məšawwēaʿ*": "crying out/crying for help/pleading",
"*yātôm*": "orphan/fatherless"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Job.29.13",
"source": "בִּרְכַּ֣ת אֹ֭בֵד עָלַ֣י תָּבֹ֑א וְלֵ֖ב אַלְמָנָ֣ה אַרְנִֽן",
"text": "*birkat* *ʾōbēd* *ʿālay* *tābōʾ* *wə-lēb* *ʾalmānāh* *ʾarnīn*",
"grammar": {
"*birkat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - blessing of",
"*ʾōbēd*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - perishing/about to perish",
"*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - upon me",
"*tābōʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it came",
"*wə-lēb*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and heart of",
"*ʾalmānāh*": "noun, feminine singular - widow",
"*ʾarnīn*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I caused to sing/rejoice"
},
"variants": {
"*birkat*": "blessing/benediction",
"*ʾōbēd*": "perishing one/one about to perish/dying person",
"*tābōʾ*": "it came/would come",
"*lēb*": "heart/mind/inner person",
"*ʾalmānāh*": "widow/bereaved woman",
"*ʾarnīn*": "I caused to rejoice/sing/shout for joy"
}
}