9{
"verseID": "Job.31.9",
"source": "אִם־נִפְתָּ֣ה לִ֭בִּי עַל־אִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַל־פֶּ֖תַח רֵעִ֣י אָרָֽבְתִּי׃",
"text": "If-*niptâ libbî* upon-*ʾiššâ* and-upon-*petaḥ rēʿî ʾārābtî*",
"grammar": {
"*niptâ*": "verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it was enticed",
"*libbî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my heart",
"*ʾiššâ*": "noun, feminine singular - woman/wife",
"*petaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - door/entrance of",
"*rēʿî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my neighbor/friend",
"*ʾārābtî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I lay in wait"
},
"variants": {
"*niptâ*": "was enticed/was deceived/was allured",
"*ʾiššâ*": "woman/wife",
"*petaḥ*": "door/entrance/opening",
"*rēʿî*": "my neighbor/my friend",
"*ʾārābtî*": "I have lurked/I have lain in wait"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Job.31.10",
"source": "תִּטְחַ֣ן לְאַחֵ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝עָלֶ֗יהָ יִכְרְע֥וּן אֲחֵרִֽין׃",
"text": "*tiṭḥan lə-ʾaḥēr ʾištî* and-upon-her *yikrəʿûn ʾăḥērîn*",
"grammar": {
"*tiṭḥan*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular jussive - let her grind",
"*lə-ʾaḥēr*": "preposition with adjective, masculine singular - for another",
"*ʾištî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my wife",
"*yikrəʿûn*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural paragogic nun - they would bow down",
"*ʾăḥērîn*": "adjective, masculine plural - others"
},
"variants": {
"*tiṭḥan*": "let her grind/may she grind [grain, euphemism for sexual relations]",
"*ʾaḥēr*": "another/someone else",
"*yikrəʿûn*": "bow down/kneel/stoop [euphemism for sexual relations]",
"*ʾăḥērîn*": "others/other men"
}
}
11{
"verseID": "Job.31.11",
"source": "כִּי־*הוא **הִ֥יא זִמָּ֑ה *והיא **וְ֝ה֗וּא עָוֺ֥ן פְּלִילִֽים׃",
"text": "For-*hîʾ zimmâ wə-hûʾ ʿāwōn pəlîlîm*",
"grammar": {
"*hîʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person feminine singular - she/it (feminine)",
"*zimmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - lewdness/wickedness",
"*wə-hûʾ*": "conjunction with pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - and it (masculine)",
"*ʿāwōn*": "noun, masculine singular construct - iniquity of",
"*pəlîlîm*": "noun, masculine plural - judges/arbiters"
},
"variants": {
"*zimmâ*": "lewdness/depravity/wickedness",
"*ʿāwōn pəlîlîm*": "iniquity of judges/punishable crime/criminal iniquity"
}
}
12{
"verseID": "Job.31.12",
"source": "כִּ֤י אֵ֣שׁ הִ֭יא עַד־אֲבַדּ֣וֹן תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּֽבְכָל־תְּב֖וּאָתִ֣י תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃",
"text": "For *ʾēš hîʾ* unto-*ʾăbaddôn tōʾkēl* and-in-all-*təḇûʾātî təšārēš*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾēš*": "noun, feminine singular - fire",
"*hîʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person feminine singular - she/it (feminine)",
"*ʾăbaddôn*": "noun, masculine singular - destruction/Abaddon",
"*tōʾkēl*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it consumes",
"*təḇûʾātî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my harvest/produce",
"*təšārēš*": "verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it uproots"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾēš*": "fire/flame",
"*ʾăbaddôn*": "destruction/place of destruction/Abaddon",
"*tōʾkēl*": "consumes/devours/eats",
"*təḇûʾātî*": "my harvest/my produce/my increase",
"*təšārēš*": "uproots/roots out/eradicates"
}
}