39 {
"verseID": "Job.38.39",
"source": "הֲתָצ֣וּד לְלָבִ֣יא טָ֑רֶף וְחַיַּ֖ת כְּפִירִ֣ים תְּמַלֵּֽא׃",
"text": "?-*tāṣûd* for-*lābîʾ* *ṭārep* and-*ḥayyat* *kəpîrîm* *təmallēʾ*?",
"grammar": {
"*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?",
"*tāṣûd*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you hunt",
"*lə*": "preposition - for",
"*lābîʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - lion/lioness",
"*ṭārep*": "noun, masculine singular - prey/food",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ḥayyat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - appetite/life of",
"*kəpîrîm*": "noun, masculine plural - young lions",
"*təmallēʾ*": "piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you fill/satisfy"
},
"variants": {
"*tāṣûd*": "you hunt/you catch/you provide",
"*lābîʾ*": "lion/lioness",
"*ṭārep*": "prey/food/meat",
"*ḥayyat*": "appetite/life/desire",
"*kəpîrîm*": "young lions/lion cubs",
"*təmallēʾ*": "you fill/you satisfy"
}
}
40 {
"verseID": "Job.38.40",
"source": "כִּי־יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃",
"text": "When-*yāšōḥû* in-*məʿônôt* *yēšbû* in-*sukkâ* for-*ʾāreb*.",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - when/for",
"*yāšōḥû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they crouch",
"*ba*": "preposition - in",
"*məʿônôt*": "noun, feminine plural - dens/lairs",
"*yēšbû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they sit/remain",
"*ba*": "preposition - in",
"*sukkâ*": "noun, feminine singular - thicket/hiding place",
"*ləmô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - for them",
"*ʾāreb*": "noun, masculine singular - ambush/lying in wait"
},
"variants": {
"*yāšōḥû*": "they crouch/they stoop/they bow down",
"*məʿônôt*": "dens/lairs/dwellings",
"*yēšbû*": "they sit/they remain/they dwell",
"*sukkâ*": "thicket/hiding place/covert",
"*ʾāreb*": "ambush/lying in wait"
}
}
41 {
"verseID": "Job.38.41",
"source": "מִ֤י יָכִ֥ין לָעֹרֵ֗ב צֵ֫יד֥וֹ כִּֽי־יְ֭לָדָיו אֶל־אֵ֣ל יְשַׁוֵּ֑עוּ יִ֝תְע֗וּ לִבְלִי־אֹֽכֶל׃",
"text": "Who *yākîn* for-*ʿōrēb* *ṣêdô* when-*yəlādāyw* unto-*ʾēl* *yəšawwēʿû* *yitʿû* without-*ʾōkel*?",
"grammar": {
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*yākîn*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - prepares/provides",
"*lā*": "preposition - for",
"*ʿōrēb*": "noun, masculine singular - raven",
"*ṣêdô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its prey/food",
"*kî*": "conjunction - when/because",
"*yəlādāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its young ones",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - unto/to",
"*ʾēl*": "noun, masculine singular - God",
"*yəšawwēʿû*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they cry out",
"*yitʿû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they wander/roam",
"*liblî*": "preposition + negative particle - without",
"*ʾōkel*": "noun, masculine singular - food"
},
"variants": {
"*yākîn*": "prepares/provides/furnishes",
"*ʿōrēb*": "raven/crow",
"*ṣêdô*": "its prey/its food/its provision",
"*yəlādāyw*": "its young ones/its offspring",
"*yəšawwēʿû*": "they cry out/they cry for help",
"*yitʿû*": "they wander/they roam/they stagger",
"*ʾōkel*": "food/nourishment"
}
}