14{
"verseID": "Job.3.14",
"source": "עִם־מְ֭לָכִים וְיֹ֣עֲצֵי אָ֑רֶץ הַבֹּנִ֖ים חֳרָב֣וֹת לָֽמוֹ׃",
"text": "*ʿim-məlākîm wəyōʿăṣê ʾāreṣ habbōnîm ḥŏrābôt lāmô*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿim-məlākîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - with kings",
"*wəyōʿăṣê*": "conjunction + verb, Qal participle, masculine plural construct - and counselors of",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land",
"*habbōnîm*": "definite article + verb, Qal participle, masculine plural - the ones building",
"*ḥŏrābôt*": "noun, feminine plural - ruins/desolate places",
"*lāmô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - for themselves"
},
"variants": {
"*məlākîm*": "kings/rulers",
"*yōʿăṣê*": "counselors of/advisors of",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground",
"*habbōnîm*": "the ones building/the ones constructing",
"*ḥŏrābôt*": "ruins/desolate places/empty monuments",
"*lāmô*": "for themselves/for them"
}
}
15{
"verseID": "Job.3.15",
"source": "א֣וֹ עִם־שָׂ֭רִים זָהָ֣ב לָהֶ֑ם הַֽמְמַלְאִ֖ים בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם כָּֽסֶף׃",
"text": "*ʾô ʿim-śārîm zāhāb lāhem hamməmalʾîm bāttêhem kāsep*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾô*": "conjunction - or",
"*ʿim-śārîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - with princes",
"*zāhāb*": "noun, masculine singular - gold",
"*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them/belonging to them",
"*hamməmalʾîm*": "definite article + verb, Piel participle, masculine plural - the ones filling",
"*bāttêhem*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their houses",
"*kāsep*": "noun, masculine singular - silver"
},
"variants": {
"*śārîm*": "princes/officials/nobles",
"*zāhāb*": "gold/golden objects",
"*hamməmalʾîm*": "the ones filling/the ones stuffing",
"*bāttêhem*": "their houses/their dwellings/their tombs",
"*kāsep*": "silver/money"
}
}
16{
"verseID": "Job.3.16",
"source": "א֤וֹ כְנֵ֣פֶל טָ֭מוּן לֹ֣א אֶהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים לֹא־רָ֥אוּ אֽוֹר׃",
"text": "*ʾô kənēpel ṭāmûn lōʾ ʾehyeh kəʿōlălîm lōʾ-rāʾû ʾôr*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾô*": "conjunction - or",
"*kənēpel*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a miscarriage",
"*ṭāmûn*": "verb, Qal passive participle, masculine singular - hidden",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾehyeh*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I would be",
"*kəʿōlălîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - like infants",
"*lōʾ-rāʾû*": "negative particle + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they did not see",
"*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light"
},
"variants": {
"*nēpel*": "miscarriage/stillbirth/untimely birth",
"*ṭāmûn*": "hidden/buried/concealed",
"*ʾehyeh*": "I would be/I would have been",
"*ʿōlălîm*": "infants/babies/children",
"*rāʾû*": "they saw/they experienced"
}
}
17{
"verseID": "Job.3.17",
"source": "שָׁ֣ם רְ֭שָׁעִים חָ֣דְלוּ רֹ֑גֶז וְשָׁ֥ם יָ֝נ֗וּחוּ יְגִ֣יעֵי כֹֽחַ׃",
"text": "*šām rəšāʿîm ḥādəlû rōgez wəšām yānûḥû yəgîʿê kōaḥ*",
"grammar": {
"*šām*": "adverb - there",
"*rəšāʿîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones",
"*ḥādəlû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they cease",
"*rōgez*": "noun, masculine singular - turmoil",
"*wəšām*": "conjunction + adverb - and there",
"*yānûḥû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they rest",
"*yəgîʿê*": "adjective, masculine plural construct - weary ones of",
"*kōaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - strength"
},
"variants": {
"*rəšāʿîm*": "wicked ones/evil ones/unrighteous",
"*ḥādəlû*": "they cease/they stop/they leave off",
"*rōgez*": "turmoil/agitation/rage/trouble",
"*yānûḥû*": "they rest/they are at ease",
"*yəgîʿê*": "weary ones of/exhausted ones of",
"*kōaḥ*": "strength/power/ability"
}
}
18{
"verseID": "Job.3.18",
"source": "יַ֭חַד אֲסִירִ֣ים שַׁאֲנָ֑נוּ לֹ֥א שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ ק֣וֹל נֹגֵֽשׂ׃",
"text": "*yaḥad ʾăsîrîm šaʾănānû lōʾ šāməʿû qôl nōgēś*",
"grammar": {
"*yaḥad*": "adverb - together",
"*ʾăsîrîm*": "noun, masculine plural - prisoners",
"*šaʾănānû*": "verb, Pilpel perfect, 3rd common plural - they are at ease",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*šāməʿû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they hear",
"*qôl*": "noun, masculine singular construct - voice of",
"*nōgēś*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - one who drives/taskmaster"
},
"variants": {
"*yaḥad*": "together/alike/all of them",
"*ʾăsîrîm*": "prisoners/captives/those bound",
"*šaʾănānû*": "they are at ease/they are tranquil/they are secure",
"*šāməʿû*": "they hear/they listen to/they obey",
"*nōgēś*": "taskmaster/oppressor/slave driver"
}
}