24 {
"verseID": "Job.38.24",
"source": "אֵי־זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יֵחָ֣לֶק א֑וֹר יָפֵ֖ץ קָדִ֣ים עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "Where-*zeh* the-*derekə* *yēḥāleq* *ʾôr* *yāpēṣ* *qādîm* upon-*ʾāreṣ*?",
"grammar": {
"*ʾêy*": "interrogative adverb - where?",
"*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this",
"*ha-*": "definite article - the",
"*derekə*": "noun, masculine singular - way/path",
"*yēḥāleq*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is divided/distributed",
"*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light",
"*yāpēṣ*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it scatters",
"*qādîm*": "noun, masculine singular - east wind",
"*ʿălêy*": "preposition - upon/over",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land"
},
"variants": {
"*derekə*": "way/path/road",
"*yēḥāleq*": "it is divided/it is distributed/it is scattered",
"*ʾôr*": "light/daylight",
"*yāpēṣ*": "it scatters/it spreads",
"*qādîm*": "east wind/eastern wind",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground"
}
}
25 {
"verseID": "Job.38.25",
"source": "מִֽי־פִלַּ֣ג לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף תְּעָלָ֑ה וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃",
"text": "Who-*pillag* for-*šeṭep* *təʿālâ* and-*derekə* for-*ḥăzîz* *qōlôt*?",
"grammar": {
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*pillag*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he cleft/divided",
"*la*": "preposition - for/to",
"*šeṭep*": "noun, masculine singular - flood/flowing water",
"*təʿālâ*": "noun, feminine singular - channel/conduit",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*derekə*": "noun, masculine singular - way/path",
"*la*": "preposition - for/to",
"*ḥăzîz*": "noun, masculine singular - lightning",
"*qōlôt*": "noun, masculine plural - thunders/voices"
},
"variants": {
"*pillag*": "he cleft/he divided/he split",
"*šeṭep*": "flood/flowing water/torrent",
"*təʿālâ*": "channel/conduit/watercourse",
"*derekə*": "way/path/road",
"*ḥăzîz*": "lightning/thunderbolt",
"*qōlôt*": "thunders/voices/sounds"
}
}
26 {
"verseID": "Job.38.26",
"source": "לְ֭הַמְטִיר עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ לֹא־אִ֑ישׁ מִ֝דְבָּ֗ר לֹא־אָדָ֥ם בּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "To-*hamṭîr* upon-*ʾereṣ* no-*ʾîš* *midbār* no-*ʾādām* in-it.",
"grammar": {
"*lə*": "preposition - to/for",
"*hamṭîr*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to cause to rain",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/on",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - land/earth",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - no/not",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man",
"*midbār*": "noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - no/not",
"*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular - human/mankind",
"*bô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in it"
},
"variants": {
"*hamṭîr*": "to cause to rain/to send rain",
"*ʾereṣ*": "land/earth/ground",
"*ʾîš*": "man/person",
"*midbār*": "wilderness/desert/wasteland",
"*ʾādām*": "human/mankind/person"
}
}
27 {
"verseID": "Job.38.27",
"source": "לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָה וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃",
"text": "To-*haśbîaʿ* *šōʾâ* and-*məšōʾâ* and-to-*haṣmîaḥ* *mōṣāʾ* *dešeʾ*.",
"grammar": {
"*lə*": "preposition - to/for",
"*haśbîaʿ*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to satisfy/saturate",
"*šōʾâ*": "noun, feminine singular - desolation/waste",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*məšōʾâ*": "noun, feminine singular - devastation/ruin",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*lə*": "preposition - to/for",
"*haṣmîaḥ*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to cause to sprout/grow",
"*mōṣāʾ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - place of going forth",
"*dešeʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - grass/tender herb"
},
"variants": {
"*haśbîaʿ*": "to satisfy/to saturate/to fill",
"*šōʾâ*": "desolation/waste/devastation",
"*məšōʾâ*": "devastation/ruin/wasteland",
"*haṣmîaḥ*": "to cause to sprout/to cause to grow",
"*mōṣāʾ*": "place of going forth/sprouting place",
"*dešeʾ*": "grass/tender herb/vegetation"
}
}