13 {
"verseID": "Job.32.13",
"source": "פֶּן־תֹּ֣֭אמְרוּ מָצָ֣אנוּ חָכְמָ֑ה אֵ֖ל יִדְּפֶ֣נּוּ לֹא־אִֽישׁ׃",
"text": "Lest-*pen*-*tōʾmərû* we have found *māṣāʾnû* *ḥåkmāh* *ʾēl* *yiddəp̄ennû* not-*lōʾ*-*ʾîš*",
"grammar": {
"*pen*": "conjunction - lest",
"*tōʾmərû*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you say",
"*māṣāʾnû*": "qal perfect 1st person common plural - we have found",
"*ḥåkmāh*": "noun feminine singular - wisdom",
"*ʾēl*": "noun masculine singular - God",
"*yiddəp̄ennû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he drives him away",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾîš*": "noun masculine singular - man"
},
"variants": {
"*pen-tōʾmərû*": "lest you say/do not say",
"*māṣāʾnû ḥåkmāh*": "we have found wisdom/we have discovered the truth",
"*ʾēl yiddəp̄ennû*": "God drives him away/God defeats him/God refutes him",
"*lōʾ-ʾîš*": "not man/no human/not a person"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Job.32.14",
"source": "וְלֹא־עָרַ֣ךְ אֵלַ֣י מִלִּ֑ין וּ֝בְאִמְרֵיכֶ֗ם לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃",
"text": "And not-*wəlōʾ*-*ʿārak* toward me *ʾēlay* *millîn* and with *ûbəʾimrêkem* not *lōʾ* *ʾăšîbennû*",
"grammar": {
"*wəlōʾ*": "waw conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*ʿārak*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he arranged/directed",
"*ʾēlay*": "preposition el + 1st person common singular suffix - toward me",
"*millîn*": "noun feminine plural - words",
"*ûbəʾimrêkem*": "waw conjunction + preposition bet + noun masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and with your sayings",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾăšîbennû*": "hiphil imperfect 1st person common singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I will answer him"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿārak ʾēlay millîn*": "he directed words to me/he arranged arguments against me",
"*ûbəʾimrêkem lōʾ ʾăšîbennû*": "and with your sayings I will not answer him/I will not respond to him using your arguments"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Job.32.15",
"source": "חַ֭תּוּ לֹא־עָ֣נוּ ע֑וֹד הֶעְתִּ֖יקוּ מֵהֶ֣ם מִלִּֽים׃",
"text": "They are dismayed *ḥattû* not-*lōʾ*-*ʿānû* still *ʿôd* *heʿtîqû* from them *mēhem* *millîm*",
"grammar": {
"*ḥattû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they are dismayed",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʿānû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they answered",
"*ʿôd*": "adverb - still/yet/again",
"*heʿtîqû*": "hiphil perfect 3rd person common plural - they removed",
"*mēhem*": "preposition min + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - from them",
"*millîm*": "noun feminine plural - words"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥattû*": "they are dismayed/they are broken/they are shattered",
"*lōʾ-ʿānû ʿôd*": "they no longer answer/they do not answer anymore",
"*heʿtîqû mēhem millîm*": "words are removed from them/they have nothing more to say/speech has departed from them"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Job.32.16",
"source": "וְ֭הוֹחַלְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ כִּ֥י עָ֝מְד֗וּ לֹא־עָ֥נוּ עֽוֹד׃",
"text": "And *wəhôḥaltî* because-*kî*-not-*lōʾ* *yədabbērû* because *kî* *ʿāmədû* not-*lōʾ*-*ʿānû* *ʿôd*",
"grammar": {
"*wəhôḥaltî*": "waw conjunction + hiphil perfect 1st person common singular - and I waited",
"*kî*": "conjunction - because",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yədabbērû*": "piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they speak",
"*kî*": "conjunction - because",
"*ʿāmədû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they stand",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʿānû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they answered",
"*ʿôd*": "adverb - still/anymore"
},
"variants": {
"*wəhôḥaltî*": "and I waited/and I tarried",
"*kî-lōʾ yədabbērû*": "because they do not speak/because they were silent",
"*ʿāmədû*": "they stand/they stood still/they stopped",
"*lōʾ-ʿānû ʿôd*": "they no longer answered/they did not respond anymore"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Job.32.17",
"source": "אַעֲנֶ֣ה אַף־אֲנִ֣י חֶלְקִ֑י אֲחַוֶּ֖ה דֵעִ֣י אַף־אָֽנִי׃",
"text": "*ʾaʿăneh* also-*ʾap̄*-*ʾănî* *ḥelqî* *ʾăḥawweh* *dēʿî* also-*ʾap̄*-*ʾānî*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾaʿăneh*": "qal imperfect 1st person common singular cohortative - let me answer",
"*ʾap̄*": "conjunction - also/even",
"*ʾănî*": "1st person common singular independent pronoun - I",
"*ḥelqî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st person common singular suffix - my portion/part",
"*ʾăḥawweh*": "piel imperfect 1st person common singular cohortative - let me declare",
"*dēʿî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st person common singular suffix - my knowledge",
"*ʾap̄*": "conjunction - also/even",
"*ʾānî*": "1st person common singular independent pronoun - I"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾaʿăneh*": "let me answer/I will answer",
"*ʾap̄-ʾănî*": "also I/even I/I too",
"*ḥelqî*": "my portion/my part/my share",
"*ʾăḥawweh dēʿî*": "let me declare my knowledge/I will express my opinion",
"*ʾap̄-ʾānî*": "also I/even I/I too"
}
}