Job 23:8-9 : 8 {
"verseID": "Job.23.8",
"source": "הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*hēn* *qedem* *ʾehĕlōk* *wə-ʾênennu* *wə-ʾāḥôr* *wə-lōʾ-ʾābîn* *lô*",
"grammar": {
"*hēn*": "interjection - behold/look",
"*qedem*": "noun, masculine singular - east/forward",
"*ʾehĕlōk*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I go",
"*wə-ʾênennu*": "conjunction + particle of negation + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he is not",
"*wə-ʾāḥôr*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and backward/west",
"*wə-lōʾ-ʾābîn*": "conjunction + negative particle + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I do not perceive",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - for him/to him"
},
"variants": {
"*qedem*": "east, forward, former time, ancient time",
"*hālak*": "to go, walk, come, depart",
"*ʾayin*": "nothing, non-existence, absence",
"*ʾāḥôr*": "behind, backward, west",
"*bîn*": "to discern, understand, consider, perceive"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Job.23.9",
"source": "שְׂמֹ֣אול בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ וְלֹא־אָ֑חַז יַעְטֹ֥ף יָ֝מִ֗ין וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶֽה׃",
"text": "*śəmōʾwl* *baʿăśōtô* *wə-lōʾ-ʾāḥaz* *yaʿṭōp* *yāmîn* *wə-lōʾ* *ʾerʾeh*",
"grammar": {
"*śəmōʾwl*": "noun, feminine singular - left/north",
"*baʿăśōtô*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his working/when he acts",
"*wə-lōʾ-ʾāḥaz*": "conjunction + negative particle + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I do not grasp/perceive",
"*yaʿṭōp*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he covers/veils himself",
"*yāmîn*": "noun, feminine singular - right/south",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*ʾerʾeh*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I see"
},
"variants": {
"*śəmōʾwl*": "left, left hand, north",
"*ʿāśâ*": "to do, make, accomplish, work",
"*ʾāḥaz*": "to grasp, seize, hold, perceive",
"*ʿāṭap*": "to cover, enwrap, veil, hide, turn aside",
"*yāmîn*": "right, right hand, south",
"*rāʾâ*": "to see, perceive, look, observe"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Job.23.10",
"source": "כִּֽי־יָ֭דַע דֶּ֣רֶךְ עִמָּדִ֑י בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִי כַּזָּהָ֥ב אֵצֵֽא׃",
"text": "*kî-yādaʿ* *derek* *ʿimmādî* *bəḥānanî* *kazzāhāb* *ʾēṣēʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*kî-yādaʿ*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - for he knows",
"*derek*": "noun, masculine singular construct - way of",
"*ʿimmādî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me",
"*bəḥānanî*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he has tested me",
"*kazzāhāb*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the gold",
"*ʾēṣēʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I shall come forth"
},
"variants": {
"*yādaʿ*": "to know, perceive, recognize, understand",
"*derek*": "way, road, journey, manner, path, direction",
"*bāḥan*": "to examine, try, test, prove",
"*zāhāb*": "gold",
"*yāṣāʾ*": "to go out, come forth, proceed, emerge"
}
}