25 {
"verseID": "Job.30.25",
"source": "אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן",
"text": "If not I *ḇāḵîṯî* for *qəšēh-yôm* *ʿāḡəmâ* my *nap̄šî* for the *ʾeḇyôn*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾim-lōʾ*": "conditional particle with negative particle - if not/surely",
"*ḇāḵîṯî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I wept",
"*li-qəšēh-yôm*": "preposition with adjective, masculine singular construct with noun, masculine singular - for hard of day/troubled",
"*ʿāḡəmâ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - was grieved",
"*nap̄šî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul",
"*lā-ʾeḇyôn*": "preposition with definite article with adjective, masculine singular - for the needy/poor"
},
"variants": {
"*ḇāḵîṯî*": "I wept/I cried",
"*qəšēh-yôm*": "hard of day/troubled one/one in adversity",
"*ʿāḡəmâ*": "was grieved/was sad/was sorrowful",
"*nap̄šî*": "my soul/my being/myself",
"*ʾeḇyôn*": "needy one/poor one/destitute one"
}
}
26 {
"verseID": "Job.30.26",
"source": "כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַיָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל",
"text": "For *ṭôḇ* I *qiwwîṯî* and *wayyāḇōʾ* *rāʿ*, and I *waʾăyaḥălâ* for *ʾôr* and *wayyāḇōʾ* *ʾōp̄el*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because/when",
"*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good",
"*qiwwîṯî*": "verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular - I waited for/expected",
"*wayyāḇōʾ*": "conjunction with verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it came",
"*rāʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - evil/bad",
"*waʾăyaḥălâ*": "conjunction with verb, piel imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - and I waited/hoped for",
"*lə-ʾôr*": "preposition with noun, masculine singular - for light",
"*wayyāḇōʾ*": "conjunction with verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it came",
"*ʾōp̄el*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness/gloom"
},
"variants": {
"*ṭôḇ*": "good/pleasant/agreeable",
"*qiwwîṯî*": "waited for/expected/hoped for",
"*wayyāḇōʾ*": "came/arrived",
"*rāʿ*": "evil/bad/distress",
"*waʾăyaḥălâ*": "waited for/hoped for/expected",
"*ʾôr*": "light/daylight/brightness",
"*ʾōp̄el*": "darkness/gloom/deep darkness"
}
}
27 {
"verseID": "Job.30.27",
"source": "מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא־דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי",
"text": "My *mēʿay* *ruttəḥû* and not *ḏāmmû*, *qiddəmûnî* *yəmê-ʿōnî*",
"grammar": {
"*mēʿay*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my inward parts/bowels",
"*ruttəḥû*": "verb, pual perfect, 3rd person plural - they boil/are agitated",
"*wə-lōʾ-ḏāmmû*": "conjunction with negative particle with verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - and not they are quiet",
"*qiddəmûnî*": "verb, piel perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they come before me/confront me",
"*yəmê-ʿōnî*": "noun, masculine plural construct with noun, masculine singular - days of affliction"
},
"variants": {
"*mēʿay*": "my inward parts/my bowels/my insides",
"*ruttəḥû*": "boil/are agitated/are troubled",
"*ḏāmmû*": "are quiet/are still/cease",
"*qiddəmûnî*": "come before me/confront me/meet me",
"*yəmê-ʿōnî*": "days of affliction/days of suffering/days of misery"
}
}