15 {
"verseID": "Job.23.15",
"source": "עַל־כֵּ֭ן מִפָּנָ֣יו אֶבָּהֵ֑ל אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן וְאֶפְחַ֥ד מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃",
"text": "*ʿal-kēn* *mippānāyw* *ʾebbāhēl* *ʾetbônēn* *wə-ʾepḥad* *mimmennu*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿal-kēn*": "preposition + adverb - therefore",
"*mippānāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his presence/face",
"*ʾebbāhēl*": "Niphal imperfect, 1st person singular - I am terrified",
"*ʾetbônēn*": "Hithpael imperfect, 1st person singular - I consider/contemplate",
"*wə-ʾepḥad*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I dread/fear",
"*mimmennu*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from him"
},
"variants": {
"*bāhal*": "to disturb, alarm, terrify, dismay",
"*pānîm*": "face, presence, countenance",
"*bîn*": "to understand, consider, discern, perceive",
"*pāḥad*": "to dread, be in awe, be in fear"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Job.23.16",
"source": "וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃",
"text": "*wə-ʾĒl* *hērak* *libbî* *wə-Šadday* *hibhîlānî*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʾĒl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and God",
"*hērak*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has made soft/weakened",
"*libbî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my heart",
"*wə-Šadday*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and the Almighty",
"*hibhîlānî*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - has terrified me"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĒl*": "God, mighty one, deity",
"*rākak*": "to be soft, tender, weak",
"*lēb*": "heart, mind, inner person, will",
"*Šadday*": "Almighty, All-sufficient (divine name)",
"*bāhal*": "to disturb, terrify, dismay, be anxious"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Job.23.17",
"source": "כִּֽי־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃",
"text": "*kî-lōʾ* *niṣmattî* *mippənê-ḥōšek* *û-mippānay* *kissâ-ʾōpel*",
"grammar": {
"*kî-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - for not",
"*niṣmattî*": "Niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I was cut off",
"*mippənê-ḥōšek*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - from before darkness",
"*û-mippānay*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - and from my face",
"*kissâ-ʾōpel*": "Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - covered thick darkness"
},
"variants": {
"*ṣāmat*": "to put an end to, silence, destroy, cut off",
"*pānîm*": "face, presence, surface",
"*ḥōšek*": "darkness, obscurity",
"*kāsâ*": "to cover, conceal, hide",
"*ʾōpel*": "darkness, gloom, thick darkness"
}
}