23 {
"verseID": "Job.40.23",
"source": "הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א יַחְפּ֑וֹז יִבְטַ֓ח ׀ כִּֽי־יָגִ֖יחַ יַרְדֵּ֣ן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃",
"text": "*hēn* *yaʿăšōq* *nāhār* *lōʾ* *yaḥpôz* *yibṭaḥ* *kî*-*yāgîaḥ* *yardēn* *ʾel*-*pîhû*",
"grammar": {
"*hēn*": "demonstrative particle - behold, lo",
"*yaʿăšōq*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it oppresses/floods",
"*nāhār*": "noun, masculine singular - river, stream",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yaḥpôz*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he hurries/is alarmed",
"*yibṭaḥ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he trusts",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that, because, when",
"*yāgîaḥ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it bursts forth",
"*yardēn*": "proper noun - Jordan [River]",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to, into, toward",
"*pîhû*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mouth"
},
"variants": {
"*yaʿăšōq*": "to oppress, press upon, burst out, flood",
"*nāhār*": "river, stream, canal",
"*yaḥpôz*": "to hurry, hasten, be alarmed, be startled",
"*yibṭaḥ*": "to trust, be confident, feel safe",
"*yāgîaḥ*": "to burst forth, gush out, draw up",
"*yardēn*": "Jordan River, or any large river",
"*pîhû*": "mouth, opening, speech"
}
}