7 {
"verseID": "Job.30.7",
"source": "בֵּין־שִׂיחִ֥ים יִנְהָ֑קוּ תַּ֖חַת חָר֣וּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ",
"text": "Between *śîḥîm* they *yinhāqû*, under *ḥārûl* they *yəsuppāḥû*",
"grammar": {
"*bên-śîḥîm*": "preposition with noun, masculine plural - between bushes/shrubs",
"*yinhāqû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they bray/howl",
"*taḥat*": "preposition - under/beneath",
"*ḥārûl*": "noun, masculine singular - nettle/thorn bush",
"*yəsuppāḥû*": "verb, pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are gathered/huddled together"
},
"variants": {
"*śîḥîm*": "bushes/shrubs/plants",
"*yinhāqû*": "bray/howl/cry out",
"*ḥārûl*": "nettle/thorn bush/bramble",
"*yəsuppāḥû*": "are gathered together/are huddled/are joined"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Job.30.8",
"source": "בְּֽנֵי־נָ֭בָל גַּם־בְּנֵ֣י בְלִי־שֵׁ֑ם נִ֝כְּא֗וּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ",
"text": "Sons of *nāḇāl* even sons of *ḇəlî-šēm* they are *nikkəʾû* from the *ʾāreṣ*",
"grammar": {
"*bənê-nāḇāl*": "noun, masculine plural construct with noun - sons of fool/senseless person",
"*gam-bənê*": "adverb with noun, masculine plural construct - even/also sons of",
"*ḇəlî-šēm*": "particle of negation with noun, masculine singular - without name/nameless",
"*nikkəʾû*": "verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are beaten/struck/scourged",
"*min-hā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition with definite article with noun, feminine singular - from the land/earth"
},
"variants": {
"*nāḇāl*": "fool/senseless person/godless person",
"*ḇəlî-šēm*": "without name/nameless/infamous",
"*nikkəʾû*": "beaten/struck/scourged/driven out",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "land/earth/country/ground"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Job.30.9",
"source": "וְ֭עַתָּה נְגִינָתָ֣ם הָיִ֑יתִי וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם לְמִלָּֽה",
"text": "And *ʿattâ* their *nəḡînāṯām* I *hāyîṯî*, and I *wāʾĕhî* to them for *millâ*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʿattâ*": "conjunction with adverb - and now",
"*nəḡînāṯām*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their song/mockery",
"*hāyîṯî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have become/was",
"*wāʾĕhî*": "conjunction with verb, qal imperfect apocopated, 1st person singular - and I have become/am",
"*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them/for them",
"*lə-millâ*": "preposition with noun, feminine singular - for byword/object of talk"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿattâ*": "now/at this time",
"*nəḡînāṯām*": "their song/their mocking song/their taunt",
"*hāyîṯî*": "I have become/I was/I am",
"*lāhem*": "to them/for them",
"*millâ*": "byword/object of talk/proverb/jest"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Job.30.10",
"source": "תִּֽעֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י לֹא־חָ֥שְׂכוּ רֹֽק",
"text": "They *tiʿăḇûnî* they *rāḥăqû* from me, and from my *mippānay* not they *ḥāśəḵû* *rōq*",
"grammar": {
"*tiʿăḇûnî*": "verb, piel perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they abhor me",
"*rāḥăqû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they go far away/keep distance",
"*mennî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from me",
"*û-mippānay*": "conjunction with preposition with noun, plural with 1st person singular suffix - and from my face",
"*lōʾ-ḥāśəḵû*": "negative particle with verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they do not withhold",
"*rōq*": "noun, masculine singular - spittle/spit"
},
"variants": {
"*tiʿăḇûnî*": "they abhor me/they detest me/they loathe me",
"*rāḥăqû*": "they go far away/they distance themselves/they stay far",
"*mippānay*": "from my face/from my presence",
"*ḥāśəḵû*": "withhold/keep back/restrain",
"*rōq*": "spittle/spit/saliva"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Job.30.11",
"source": "כִּֽי־*יתרו **יִתְרִ֣י פִ֭תַּח וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן מִפָּנַ֥י שִׁלֵּֽחוּ",
"text": "Because His *yiṯrî* He *pittaḥ* and He *wayəʿannēnî*, and the *resen* from my *mippānay* they *šillēḥû*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - because/for",
"*yiṯrî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my cord/bowstring",
"*pittaḥ*": "verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he loosed/opened",
"*wayəʿannēnî*": "conjunction with verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and he afflicted me",
"*wə-resen*": "conjunction with noun, masculine singular - and bridle/restraint",
"*mippānay*": "preposition with noun, plural with 1st person singular suffix - from my face/presence",
"*šillēḥû*": "verb, piel perfect, 3rd person plural - they let loose/cast off"
},
"variants": {
"*yiṯrî*": "my cord/my bowstring/my tent-cord [text note: could be *yiṯrô* (his cord)]",
"*pittaḥ*": "loosed/opened/untied",
"*wayəʿannēnî*": "afflicted me/humbled me/oppressed me",
"*resen*": "bridle/restraint/halter",
"*šillēḥû*": "let loose/cast off/send away"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Job.30.12",
"source": "עַל־יָמִין֮ פִּרְחַ֢ח יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ רַגְלַ֥י שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ עָ֝לַ֗י אָרְח֥וֹת אֵידָֽם",
"text": "Upon *yāmîn* *pirḥaḥ* they *yāqûmû*, my *raḡlay* they *šillēḥû*, and they *wayyāsōllû* upon me *ʾārḥôṯ* of their *ʾêḏām*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿal-yāmîn*": "preposition with noun, feminine singular - upon right side",
"*pirḥaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - brood/rabble",
"*yāqûmû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they rise/arise",
"*raḡlay*": "noun, feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - my feet",
"*šillēḥû*": "verb, piel perfect, 3rd person plural - they send away/push away",
"*wayyāsōllû*": "conjunction with verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they cast up/raise",
"*ʿālay*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - upon me/against me",
"*ʾārḥôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural construct - paths of/ways of",
"*ʾêḏām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their calamity/destruction"
},
"variants": {
"*yāmîn*": "right side/right hand/south",
"*pirḥaḥ*": "brood/rabble/young rabble",
"*yāqûmû*": "they rise/they arise/they stand up",
"*raḡlay*": "my feet/my legs",
"*šillēḥû*": "they send away/they push away/they drive off",
"*wayyāsōllû*": "they cast up/they raise/they heap up",
"*ʾārḥôṯ*": "paths/ways/roads",
"*ʾêḏām*": "their calamity/their destruction/their ruin"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Job.30.13",
"source": "נָתְס֗וּ נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י לְהַוָּתִ֥י יֹעִ֑ילוּ לֹ֖א עֹזֵ֣ר לָֽמוֹ",
"text": "They *nāṯəsû* my *nəṯîḇāṯî*, for my *hawwāṯî* they *yōʿîlû*, no *ʿōzēr* to them",
"grammar": {
"*nāṯəsû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they tear up/break down",
"*nəṯîḇāṯî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my path",
"*lə-hawwāṯî*": "preposition with noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - for my ruin/calamity",
"*yōʿîlû*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they advance/profit/help forward",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - no/not",
"*ʿōzēr*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - one helping/assisting",
"*lāmô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix (poetic form) - to them"
},
"variants": {
"*nāṯəsû*": "tear up/break down/destroy",
"*nəṯîḇāṯî*": "my path/my way",
"*hawwāṯî*": "my ruin/my calamity/my destruction",
"*yōʿîlû*": "they advance/they promote/they help forward",
"*ʿōzēr*": "helper/one assisting",
"*lāmô*": "to them/for them"
}
}