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"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "Job.3.19",
"source": "קָטֹ֣ן וְ֭גָדוֹל שָׁ֣ם ה֑וּא וְ֝עֶ֗בֶד חָפְשִׁ֥י מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃",
"text": "*qāṭōn wəgādôl šām hûʾ wəʿebed ḥāpšî mēʾădōnāyw*",
"grammar": {
"*qāṭōn*": "adjective, masculine singular - small",
"*wəgādôl*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and great",
"*šām*": "adverb - there",
"*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he/it",
"*wəʿebed*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and servant",
"*ḥāpšî*": "adjective, masculine singular - free",
"*mēʾădōnāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his masters"
},
"variants": {
"*qāṭōn*": "small/little/young",
"*gādôl*": "great/large/important",
"*ʿebed*": "servant/slave/worker",
"*ḥāpšî*": "free/liberated/released",
"*ʾădōnāyw*": "his masters/his lords/his owners"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "Job.3.20",
"source": "לָ֤מָּה יִתֵּ֣ן לְעָמֵ֣ל א֑וֹר וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים לְמָ֣רֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃",
"text": "*lāmmâ yittēn ləʿāmēl ʾôr wəḥayyîm ləmārê nāpeš*",
"grammar": {
"*lāmmâ*": "interrogative adverb - why",
"*yittēn*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he gives",
"*ləʿāmēl*": "preposition + verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - to toiling one",
"*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light",
"*wəḥayyîm*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and life",
"*ləmārê*": "preposition + adjective, masculine plural construct - to bitter ones of",
"*nāpeš*": "noun, feminine singular - soul"
},
"variants": {
"*yittēn*": "he gives/one gives/God gives",
"*ʿāmēl*": "toiling one/one in misery/suffering one",
"*ʾôr*": "light/daylight/life",
"*ḥayyîm*": "life/lifetime/living",
"*mārê*": "bitter ones of/anguished ones of",
"*nāpeš*": "soul/life/person/self"
}
}