9 {
"verseID": "Job.29.9",
"source": "שָׂ֭רִים עָצְר֣וּ בְמִלִּ֑ים וְ֝כַ֗ף יָשִׂ֥ימוּ לְפִיהֶֽם",
"text": "*śārîm* *ʿāṣrû* *bə-millîm* *wə-kap* *yāśîmû* *lə-pîhem*",
"grammar": {
"*śārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - princes/officials/rulers",
"*ʿāṣrû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they restrained/stopped",
"*bə-millîm*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural - with words",
"*wə-kap*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and palm/hand",
"*yāśîmû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they placed/put",
"*lə-pîhem*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to their mouth"
},
"variants": {
"*śārîm*": "princes/officials/nobles/chiefs",
"*ʿāṣrû*": "they restrained/stopped/held back",
"*millîm*": "words/speech",
"*kap*": "palm/hand/sole",
"*yāśîmû*": "they put/placed/laid"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Job.29.10",
"source": "קוֹל־נְגִידִ֥ים נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם לְחִכָּ֥ם דָּבֵֽקָה",
"text": "*qôl-nəgîdîm* *neḥbāʾû* *û-ləšônām* *lə-ḥikkām* *dābēqāh*",
"grammar": {
"*qôl-nəgîdîm*": "noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine plural - voice of leaders",
"*neḥbāʾû*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they hid themselves/were hidden",
"*û-ləšônām*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their tongue",
"*lə-ḥikkām*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to their palate/roof of mouth",
"*dābēqāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it clung/cleaved"
},
"variants": {
"*nəgîdîm*": "leaders/nobles/rulers/commanders",
"*neḥbāʾû*": "they hid/were hidden/were silenced",
"*ləšônām*": "their tongue/language",
"*ḥikkām*": "their palate/roof of mouth",
"*dābēqāh*": "it clung/stuck/adhered"
}
}
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"
}
}