9{
"verseID": "Job.3.9",
"source": "יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮ כּוֹכְבֵ֢י נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ יְקַו־לְא֥וֹר וָאַ֑יִן וְאַל־יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃",
"text": "*yeḥšəkû kôkəbê nišpô yəqaw-ləʾôr wāʾāyin wəʾal-yirʾeh bəʿapʿappê-šāḥar*",
"grammar": {
"*yeḥšəkû*": "verb, Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine plural - let them grow dark",
"*kôkəbê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - stars of",
"*nišpô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its twilight",
"*yəqaw-ləʾôr*": "verb, Piel imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + noun - let it wait for light",
"*wāʾāyin*": "conjunction + particle of negation - but there is none",
"*wəʾal-yirʾeh*": "conjunction + negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine singular - and let it not see",
"*bəʿapʿappê-šāḥar*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual construct + noun - in the eyelids of dawn"
},
"variants": {
"*yeḥšəkû*": "grow dark/be darkened/become black",
"*kôkəbê*": "stars of/constellations of",
"*nišpô*": "its twilight/its dusk",
"*yəqaw*": "wait for/hope for/look for",
"*wāʾāyin*": "but there is none/but it is not",
"*yirʾeh*": "see/look upon/perceive",
"*ʿapʿappê-šāḥar*": "eyelids of dawn/rays of morning"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Job.3.10",
"source": "כִּ֤י לֹ֣א סָ֭גַר דַּלְתֵ֣י בִטְנִ֑י וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר עָ֝מָ֗ל מֵעֵינָֽי׃",
"text": "*kî lōʾ sāgar daltê biṭnî wayyastēr ʿāmāl mēʿênāy*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - because",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*sāgar*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it shut up",
"*daltê*": "noun, feminine plural construct - doors of",
"*biṭnî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st common singular suffix - my womb",
"*wayyastēr*": "conjunction + verb, Hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and hide",
"*ʿāmāl*": "noun, masculine singular - trouble",
"*mēʿênāy*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual with 1st common singular suffix - from my eyes"
},
"variants": {
"*sāgar*": "shut up/closed/bolted",
"*daltê*": "doors/gates",
"*biṭnî*": "my womb/my belly/my body",
"*wayyastēr*": "and hide/and conceal",
"*ʿāmāl*": "trouble/misery/toil/sorrow"
}
}
11{
"verseID": "Job.3.11",
"source": "לָ֤מָּה לֹּ֣א מֵרֶ֣חֶם אָמ֑וּת מִבֶּ֖טֶן יָצָ֣אתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע׃",
"text": "*lāmmâ lōʾ mēreḥem ʾāmût mibbeṭen yāṣāʾtî wəʾegwāʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*lāmmâ*": "interrogative adverb - why",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*mēreḥem*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from womb",
"*ʾāmût*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I die",
"*mibbeṭen*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - from belly",
"*yāṣāʾtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I came out",
"*wəʾegwāʿ*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - and expire"
},
"variants": {
"*lāmmâ*": "why/for what reason",
"*mēreḥem*": "from womb/from birth",
"*ʾāmût*": "I die/I would die",
"*mibbeṭen*": "from belly/from womb",
"*yāṣāʾtî*": "I came out/I emerged/I was delivered",
"*wəʾegwāʿ*": "and expire/and perish/and die"
}
}
12{
"verseID": "Job.3.12",
"source": "מַ֭דּוּעַ קִדְּמ֣וּנִי בִרְכָּ֑יִם וּמַה־שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם כִּ֣י אִינָֽק׃",
"text": "*maddûaʿ qiddəmûnî birkāyim ûmâ-šādayim kî ʾînāq*",
"grammar": {
"*maddûaʿ*": "interrogative adverb - why",
"*qiddəmûnî*": "verb, Piel perfect, 3rd common plural with 1st common singular suffix - they met me/received me",
"*birkāyim*": "noun, feminine dual - knees",
"*ûmâ*": "conjunction + interrogative pronoun - and what",
"*šādayim*": "noun, masculine dual - breasts",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that",
"*ʾînāq*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I would suck"
},
"variants": {
"*maddûaʿ*": "why/for what reason",
"*qiddəmûnî*": "they met me/they received me/they welcomed me",
"*birkāyim*": "knees/laps",
"*šādayim*": "breasts/teats",
"*ʾînāq*": "I would suck/I would nurse"
}
}
13{
"verseID": "Job.3.13",
"source": "כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה שָׁכַ֣בְתִּי וְאֶשְׁק֑וֹט יָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּי אָ֤ז ׀ יָנ֬וּחַֽ לִֽי׃",
"text": "*kî-ʿattâ šākābtî wəʾešqôṭ yāšantî ʾāz yānûaḥ lî*",
"grammar": {
"*kî-ʿattâ*": "conjunction + adverb - for now",
"*šākābtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I would have lain down",
"*wəʾešqôṭ*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - and be quiet",
"*yāšantî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I would have slept",
"*ʾāz*": "adverb - then",
"*yānûaḥ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it would be at rest",
"*lî*": "preposition with 1st common singular suffix - for me"
},
"variants": {
"*kî-ʿattâ*": "for now/because now/for then",
"*šākābtî*": "I would have lain down/I would have rested",
"*wəʾešqôṭ*": "and be quiet/and be still/and be at peace",
"*yāšantî*": "I would have slept/I would have rested",
"*yānûaḥ*": "it would be at rest/there would be rest"
}
}
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"
}
}