15{
"verseID": "Job.31.15",
"source": "הֲֽ֝לֹא־בַ֭בֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂ֣נִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ בָּרֶ֥חֶם אֶחָֽד׃",
"text": "*hălōʾ-ḇabbeṭen ʿōśēnî* *ʿāśāhû* and-*yəḵûnennû bāreḥem ʾeḥād*",
"grammar": {
"*hălōʾ*": "interrogative particle with negative - did not",
"*ḇabbeṭen*": "preposition with definite article and noun, feminine singular - in the womb",
"*ʿōśēnî*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - [one] making me",
"*ʿāśāhû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he made him",
"*yəḵûnennû*": "verb, polel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he formed him",
"*bāreḥem*": "preposition with definite article and noun, masculine singular - in the womb",
"*ʾeḥād*": "adjective, masculine singular - one"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿōśēnî*": "my maker/one making me",
"*ʿāśāhû*": "made him/created him",
"*yəḵûnennû*": "formed him/fashioned him/prepared him",
"*reḥem*": "womb/belly",
"*ʾeḥād*": "one/same"
}
}
16{
"verseID": "Job.31.16",
"source": "אִם־אֶ֭מְנַע מֵחֵ֣פֶץ דַּלִּ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י אַלְמָנָ֣ה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃",
"text": "If-*ʾemnaʿ* from-*ḥēpeṣ dallîm* and-*ʿênê ʾalmānâ ʾăkalleh*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾemnaʿ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I withhold",
"*ḥēpeṣ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - desire of",
"*dallîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - poor ones",
"*ʿênê*": "noun, feminine dual construct - eyes of",
"*ʾalmānâ*": "noun, feminine singular - widow",
"*ʾăkalleh*": "verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I cause to fail"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾemnaʿ*": "withhold/keep back/refuse",
"*ḥēpeṣ*": "desire/wish/request",
"*dallîm*": "poor/weak/lowly",
"*ʾăkalleh*": "cause to fail/exhaust/consume"
}
}
17{
"verseID": "Job.31.17",
"source": "וְאֹכַ֣ל פִּתִּ֣י לְבַדִּ֑י וְלֹא־אָכַ֖ל יָת֣וֹם מִמֶּֽנָּה׃",
"text": "And-*ʾōkal pittî ləḇaddî* and-not-*ʾākal yātôm* from-it",
"grammar": {
"*ʾōkal*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I eat",
"*pittî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my morsel/bread",
"*ləḇaddî*": "preposition with noun and 1st person singular suffix - by myself",
"*ʾākal*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he ate",
"*yātôm*": "noun, masculine singular - orphan/fatherless"
},
"variants": {
"*pittî*": "my morsel/my piece/my bread",
"*ləḇaddî*": "by myself/alone",
"*yātôm*": "orphan/fatherless"
}
}
18{
"verseID": "Job.31.18",
"source": "כִּ֣י מִ֭נְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַ֣נִי כְאָ֑ב וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן אִמִּ֣י אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃",
"text": "For from-*nəʿûray gədēlanî* as-*ʾāḇ* and-from-*beṭen ʾimmî ʾanḥennâ*",
"grammar": {
"*nəʿûray*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my youth",
"*gədēlanî*": "verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he raised me",
"*ʾāḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - father",
"*beṭen*": "noun, feminine singular construct - womb of",
"*ʾimmî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my mother",
"*ʾanḥennâ*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - I guided her"
},
"variants": {
"*nəʿûray*": "my youth/my childhood",
"*gədēlanî*": "he raised me/he brought me up",
"*ʾanḥennâ*": "I guided her/I led her/I directed her"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "Job.31.19",
"source": "אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה א֭וֹבֵד מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃",
"text": "If-*ʾerʾeh ʾôḇēd* from-without *ləḇûš* and-no *kəsût* to-*ʾeḇyôn*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾerʾeh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I see",
"*ʾôḇēd*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - perishing one",
"*ləḇûš*": "noun, masculine singular - clothing",
"*kəsût*": "noun, feminine singular - covering",
"*ʾeḇyôn*": "adjective, masculine singular - needy/poor"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾôḇēd*": "perishing one/one who is dying/one who is lost",
"*ləḇûš*": "clothing/garment",
"*kəsût*": "covering/garment",
"*ʾeḇyôn*": "needy/poor/destitute"
}
}