2 {
"verseID": "Job.29.2",
"source": "מִֽי־יִתְּנֵ֥נִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶ֑דֶם כִּ֝ימֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי",
"text": "*mî-yittənēnî* *kə-yarḥê-qedem* *kî-yəmê* *ʾĕlôah* *yišmərēnî*",
"grammar": {
"*mî-yittənēnî*": "interrogative + Qal imperfect, 3rd masc singular + 1st person object suffix - who will give me/who would make me",
"*kə-yarḥê-qedem*": "preposition + noun, masc plural construct + noun - like months of before/ancient/past",
"*kî-yəmê*": "preposition + noun, masc plural construct - like days of",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "noun, masculine singular - God",
"*yišmərēnî*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masc singular + 1st person object suffix - he kept/guarded/protected me"
},
"variants": {
"*mî-yittənēnî*": "who would make me/oh that I were",
"*qedem*": "east/ancient time/former time",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity",
"*yišmərēnî*": "he guarded/kept/watched over me"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Job.29.3",
"source": "בְּהִלּ֣וֹ נֵ֭רוֹ עֲלֵ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑י לְ֝אוֹרוֹ אֵ֣לֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ",
"text": "*bə-hillô* *nērô* *ʿălê* *rōʾšî* *lə-ʾôrô* *ʾēlek* *ḥōšek*",
"grammar": {
"*bə-hillô*": "preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct + 3rd masc singular suffix - when he caused to shine",
"*nērô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masc singular suffix - his lamp",
"*ʿălê*": "preposition + - upon/over",
"*rōʾšî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my head",
"*lə-ʾôrô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masc singular suffix - by his light",
"*ʾēlek*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I walked",
"*ḥōšek*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness"
},
"variants": {
"*bə-hillô*": "when his lamp shone/when he made his lamp shine",
"*nēr*": "lamp/light",
"*ʾēlek*": "I walked/went/proceeded",
"*ḥōšek*": "darkness/obscurity"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Job.29.4",
"source": "כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר הָ֭יִיתִי בִּימֵ֣י חָרְפִּ֑י בְּס֥וֹד אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ עֲלֵ֣י אָהֳלִֽי",
"text": "*ka-ʾăšer* *hāyîtî* *bî-ymê* *ḥorpî* *bə-sôd* *ʾĕlôah* *ʿălê* *ʾoholî*",
"grammar": {
"*ka-ʾăšer*": "preposition + relative particle - as/when",
"*hāyîtî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I was",
"*bî-ymê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - in days of",
"*ḥorpî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my autumn/harvest/prime",
"*bə-sôd*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in council/counsel/friendship of",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "noun, masculine singular - God",
"*ʿălê*": "preposition - upon/over",
"*ʾoholî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my tent"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥorpî*": "my autumn/prime/youth/maturity",
"*sôd*": "council/counsel/intimate friendship/secret assembly",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Job.29.5",
"source": "בְּע֣וֹד שַׁ֭דַּי עִמָּדִ֑י סְבִ֖יבוֹתַ֣י נְעָרָֽי",
"text": "*bə-ʿôd* *šadday* *ʿimmādî* *səbîbôtay* *nəʿārāy*",
"grammar": {
"*bə-ʿôd*": "preposition + adverb - while yet/still",
"*šadday*": "divine name - Almighty",
"*ʿimmādî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me",
"*səbîbôtay*": "noun, feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my surroundings",
"*nəʿārāy*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my young men/servants"
},
"variants": {
"*šadday*": "Almighty/All-sufficient One",
"*nəʿārāy*": "my young men/servants/attendants/children"
}
}