7 {
"verseID": "Job.12.7",
"source": "וְֽאוּלָ֗ם שְׁאַל־נָ֣א בְהֵמ֣וֹת וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וְע֥וֹף הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם וְיַגֶּד־לָֽךְ׃",
"text": "*wə-ʾûlām* *šəʾal-nāʾ* *bəhēmôt* *wə-tôrekā* *wə-ʿôp* *ha-šāmayim* *wə-yagged-lāk*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʾûlām*": "conjunction + adverb - and yet/but/nevertheless",
"*šəʾal-nāʾ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular + particle of entreaty - ask, please",
"*bəhēmôt*": "noun, feminine plural - beasts/animals",
"*wə-tôrekā*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and it will teach you",
"*wə-ʿôp*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and bird/fowl",
"*ha-šāmayim*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the heavens",
"*wə-yagged-lāk*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and it will tell to you"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾûlām*": "but/nevertheless/however",
"*šəʾal*": "ask/inquire",
"*nāʾ*": "please/now (particle of entreaty)",
"*bəhēmôt*": "beasts/cattle/animals",
"*tôrekā*": "will teach you/instruct you",
"*ʿôp*": "bird/fowl/flying creature",
"*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky",
"*yagged*": "will tell/declare/narrate"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Job.12.8",
"source": "א֤וֹ שִׂ֣יחַ לָאָ֣רֶץ וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לְ֝ךָ֗ דְּגֵ֣י הַיָּֽם׃",
"text": "*ʾô* *śîaḥ* *lā-ʾāreṣ* *wə-tôrekā* *wî-sapprû* *ləkā* *dəgê* *ha-yām*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾô*": "conjunction - or",
"*śîaḥ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - speak/meditate",
"*lā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - to the earth",
"*wə-tôrekā*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and it will teach you",
"*wî-sapprû*": "conjunction + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they will recount/declare",
"*ləkā*": "preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you",
"*dəgê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - fish of",
"*ha-yām*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the sea"
},
"variants": {
"*śîaḥ*": "speak to/commune with/talk to",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground",
"*tôrekā*": "will teach you/instruct you",
"*sapprû*": "will recount/narrate/declare",
"*dəgê*": "fish of/aquatic creatures of",
"*yām*": "sea/ocean/large body of water"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Job.12.9",
"source": "מִ֭י לֹא־יָדַ֣ע בְּכָל־אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֥י יַד־יְ֝הוָה עָ֣שְׂתָה זֹּֽאת׃",
"text": "*mî* *lōʾ-yādaʿ* *bə-kāl-ʾēlleh* *kî* *yad-YHWH* *ʿāśtâ* *zōʾt*",
"grammar": {
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who",
"*lōʾ-yādaʿ*": "negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has not known",
"*bə-kāl-ʾēlleh*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + demonstrative pronoun, plural - in all these",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that",
"*yad-YHWH*": "noun, feminine singular construct + divine name - hand of YHWH/LORD",
"*ʿāśtâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has done/made",
"*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this"
},
"variants": {
"*yādaʿ*": "knew/understood/perceived",
"*kāl*": "all/every/whole",
"*ʾēlleh*": "these (things)",
"*yad*": "hand/power/agency",
"*YHWH*": "Yahweh/LORD (divine name)",
"*ʿāśtâ*": "has done/made/accomplished",
"*zōʾt*": "this (thing)"
}
}