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"
}
}
21{
"verseID": "Job.3.21",
"source": "הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים לַמָּ֣וֶת וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃",
"text": "*hamməḥakkîm lammāwet wəʾênenū wayyaḥpərūhû mimmaṭmônîm*",
"grammar": {
"*hamməḥakkîm*": "definite article + verb, Piel participle, masculine plural - the ones waiting",
"*lammāwet*": "preposition with definite article + noun, masculine singular - for the death",
"*wəʾênenū*": "conjunction + particle of negation with 3rd masculine singular suffix - but it is not",
"*wayyaḥpərūhû*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and they dig for it",
"*mimmaṭmônîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - more than hidden treasures"
},
"variants": {
"*hamməḥakkîm*": "the ones waiting/the ones longing",
"*māwet*": "death/dying",
"*wayyaḥpərūhû*": "and they dig for it/and they search for it",
"*maṭmônîm*": "hidden treasures/buried treasures"
}
}
22{
"verseID": "Job.3.22",
"source": "הַשְּׂמֵחִ֥ים אֱלֵי־גִ֑יל יָ֝שִׂ֗ישׂוּ כִּ֣י יִמְצְאוּ־קָֽבֶר׃",
"text": "*haśśəmēḥîm ʾĕlê-gîl yāśîśû kî yimṣəʾû-qāber*",
"grammar": {
"*haśśəmēḥîm*": "definite article + verb, Qal participle, masculine plural - the ones rejoicing",
"*ʾĕlê-gîl*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - to joy",
"*yāśîśû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are glad",
"*kî*": "conjunction - when",
"*yimṣəʾû-qāber*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + noun, masculine singular - they find grave"
},
"variants": {
"*haśśəmēḥîm*": "the ones rejoicing/the ones being joyful",
"*gîl*": "joy/rejoicing/gladness",
"*yāśîśû*": "they are glad/they rejoice/they exult",
"*yimṣəʾû*": "they find/they discover",
"*qāber*": "grave/tomb"
}
}