1 { "verseID": "Job.6.1", "source": "וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃", "text": "*wə-yaʿan* *ʾIyyōb* *wə-yōʾmar*", "grammar": { "*wə-yaʿan*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and answered", "*ʾIyyōb*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Job", "*wə-yōʾmar*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and said" }, "variants": { "*yaʿan*": "to answer/respond", "*ʾamar*": "to speak/say/declare" } }

2 { "verseID": "Job.6.2", "source": "ל֗וּ שָׁק֣וֹל יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל כַּעְשִׂ֑י וְהַוָּתִ֗י בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָֽחַד׃", "text": "*lû šāqôl yiššāqēl kaʿśî wə-hawwātî bə-mōʾznayim yiśʾû-yāḥad*", "grammar": { "*lû*": "particle expressing wish/condition - if only/Oh that", "*šāqôl yiššāqēl*": "infinitive absolute + Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would surely be weighed", "*kaʿśî*": "preposition *kə* + noun + 1st person singular suffix - my vexation/grief", "*wə-hawwātî*": "conjunction + noun + 1st person singular suffix - and my calamity/ruin", "*bə-mōʾznayim*": "preposition + noun, masculine dual - in/on scales/balances", "*yiśʾû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they would lift/take up", "*yāḥad*": "adverb - together/at once" }, "variants": { "*lû*": "if only/would that", "*kaʿś*": "vexation/grief/anger", "*hawwâ*": "calamity/destruction/ruin", "*mōʾznayim*": "scales/balances", "*nāśāʾ*": "to lift up/carry/bear" } }

3 { "verseID": "Job.6.3", "source": "כִּֽי־עַתָּ֗ה מֵח֣וֹל יַמִּ֣ים יִכְבָּ֑ד עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן דְּבָרַ֥י לָֽעוּ׃", "text": "*kî-ʿattâ mēḥôl yammîm yikbād ʿal-kēn dəbāray lāʿû*", "grammar": { "*kî-ʿattâ*": "conjunction + adverb - for now", "*mēḥôl*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - than sand of", "*yammîm*": "noun, masculine plural - seas", "*yikbād*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is heavier", "*ʿal-kēn*": "preposition + adverb - therefore", "*dəbāray*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my words", "*lāʿû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd plural - they are rash/wild/hasty" }, "variants": { "*ḥôl*": "sand", "*yām*": "sea", "*kābēd*": "to be heavy/weighty/burdensome", "*lûaʿ*": "to speak rashly/wildly/hastily" } }

4 { "verseID": "Job.6.4", "source": "כִּ֤י חִצֵּ֪י שַׁדַּ֡י עִמָּדִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲ֭מָתָם שֹׁתָ֣ה רוּחִ֑י בִּעוּתֵ֖י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃", "text": "*kî ḥiṣṣê Šadday ʿimmādî ʾăšer ḥămātām šōtâ rûḥî biʿûtê ʾĕlôah yaʿarkûnî*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ḥiṣṣê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - arrows of", "*Šadday*": "divine name - Almighty", "*ʿimmādî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/whose", "*ḥămātām*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their poison/venom", "*šōtâ*": "Qal participle, feminine singular - drinks", "*rûḥî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my spirit", "*biʿûtê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - terrors of", "*ʾĕlôah*": "divine name - God", "*yaʿarkûnî*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - they array themselves against me" }, "variants": { "*ḥēṣ*": "arrow", "*Šadday*": "Almighty/All-sufficient One", "*ḥēmâ*": "poison/venom/anger/wrath", "*šātâ*": "to drink/swallow/consume", "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/breath/wind", "*biʿûtîm*": "terrors/alarms", "*ʿārak*": "to arrange/set in order/array against" } }

5 { "verseID": "Job.6.5", "source": "הֲיִֽנְהַק־פֶּ֥רֶא עֲלֵי־דֶ֑שֶׁא אִ֥ם יִגְעֶה־שּׁ֝֗וֹר עַל־בְּלִילֽוֹ׃", "text": "*hă-yinhaq-pereʾ ʿălê-dešeʾ ʾim yigʿeh-šôr ʿal-bəlîlô*", "grammar": { "*hă-yinhaq*": "interrogative prefix + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - does he bray", "*pereʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - wild donkey/onager", "*ʿălê-dešeʾ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - over grass/vegetation", "*ʾim*": "conjunction - if/or", "*yigʿeh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - does he low/bellow", "*šôr*": "noun, masculine singular - ox/bull", "*ʿal-bəlîlô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - over his fodder" }, "variants": { "*nāhaq*": "to bray (as a donkey)", "*pereʾ*": "wild ass/onager", "*dešeʾ*": "grass/tender herb/vegetation", "*gāʿâ*": "to low/bellow (as cattle)", "*bəlîl*": "fodder/mixed feed" } }

6 { "verseID": "Job.6.6", "source": "הֲיֵאָכֵ֣ל תָּ֭פֵל מִבְּלִי־מֶ֑לַח אִם־יֶשׁ־טַ֝֗עַם בְּרִ֣יר חַלָּמֽוּת׃", "text": "*hă-yēʾākēl tāpēl mibbəlî-melaḥ ʾim-yeš-ṭaʿam bərîr ḥallāmût*", "grammar": { "*hă-yēʾākēl*": "interrogative prefix + Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - can be eaten", "*tāpēl*": "adjective, masculine singular - tasteless/unseasoned", "*mibbəlî-melaḥ*": "preposition + construct + noun - without salt", "*ʾim-yeš*": "conjunction + existential particle - is there", "*ṭaʿam*": "noun, masculine singular - taste/flavor", "*bərîr*": "noun, masculine singular construct - in the white of/slime of", "*ḥallāmût*": "noun, feminine singular - purslane/egg white/tasteless plant" }, "variants": { "*tāpēl*": "tasteless/unsalted/unseasoned", "*melaḥ*": "salt", "*ṭaʿam*": "taste/flavor/sense", "*rîr*": "slime/juice/white", "*ḥallāmût*": "purslane/egg white/tasteless substance" } }

7 { "verseID": "Job.6.7", "source": "מֵאֲנָ֣ה לִנְגּ֣וֹעַ נַפְשִׁ֑י הֵ֝֗מָּה כִּדְוֵ֥י לַחְמִֽי׃", "text": "*mēʾănâ lingôaʿ napšî hēmmâ kidwê laḥmî*", "grammar": { "*mēʾănâ*": "Piel perfect, 3rd feminine singular - refuses", "*lingôaʿ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to touch", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*hēmmâ*": "pronoun, 3rd masculine plural - they", "*kidwê*": "preposition + noun, masculine construct - like sickness of", "*laḥmî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my bread/food" }, "variants": { "*mēʾēn*": "to refuse/be unwilling", "*nāgaʿ*": "to touch/reach/strike", "*nepeš*": "soul/life/self", "*dəwî*": "sickness/illness", "*leḥem*": "bread/food" } }

8 { "verseID": "Job.6.8", "source": "מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן תָּב֣וֹא שֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י יִתֵּ֥ן אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃", "text": "*mî-yittēn tābôʾ šeʾĕlātî wə-tiqwātî yittēn ʾĕlôah*", "grammar": { "*mî-yittēn*": "interrogative + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - who would give/oh that", "*tābôʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - might come", "*šeʾĕlātî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my request", "*wə-tiqwātî*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and my hope/expectation", "*yittēn*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would grant", "*ʾĕlôah*": "divine name - God" }, "variants": { "*mî-yittēn*": "would that/oh that (idiomatic expression of wish)", "*bôʾ*": "to come/go/enter", "*šeʾēlâ*": "request/petition", "*tiqwâ*": "hope/expectation", "*nātan*": "to give/grant/place" } }

9 { "verseID": "Job.6.9", "source": "וְיֹאֵ֣ל אֱ֭לוֹהַּ וִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִי יַתֵּ֥ר יָ֝ד֗וֹ וִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי׃", "text": "*wə-yōʾēl ʾĕlôah wîdakkəʾēnî yattēr yādô wîbaṣṣəʿēnî*", "grammar": { "*wə-yōʾēl*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - that he would be willing", "*ʾĕlôah*": "divine name - God", "*wîdakkəʾēnî*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and crush me", "*yattēr*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - let loose/free", "*yādô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand", "*wîbaṣṣəʿēnî*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and cut me off" }, "variants": { "*yāʾal*": "to be willing/determine/undertake", "*dākāʾ*": "to crush/break/oppress", "*nātar*": "to loose/free/untie", "*bāṣaʿ*": "to cut off/break off/sever" } }

10 { "verseID": "Job.6.10", "source": "וּ֥תְהִי ע֨וֹד ׀ נֶ֘חָ֤מָתִ֗י וַאֲסַלְּדָ֣ה בְ֭חִילָה לֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל כִּי־לֹ֥א כִ֝חַ֗דְתִּי אִמְרֵ֥י קָדֽוֹשׁ׃", "text": "*ûtəhî ʿôd neḥāmātî waʾăsallədâ bəḥîlâ lōʾ yaḥmôl kî-lōʾ kiḥadtî ʾimrê qādôš*", "grammar": { "*ûtəhî*": "conjunction + Qal jussive, 3rd feminine singular - and let it be", "*ʿôd*": "adverb - still/yet", "*neḥāmātî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my comfort/consolation", "*waʾăsallədâ*": "conjunction + Piel cohortative, 1st person singular - and I would exult", "*bəḥîlâ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - in pain", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yaḥmôl*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he spares", "*kî-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - for not", "*kiḥadtî*": "Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have concealed/denied", "*ʾimrê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - words of", "*qādôš*": "adjective, masculine singular - Holy One" }, "variants": { "*hāyâ*": "to be/become/happen", "*neḥāmâ*": "comfort/consolation", "*sālad*": "to leap/exult/spring", "*ḥîl*": "pain/agony/writhing", "*ḥāmal*": "to spare/have compassion", "*kāḥad*": "to hide/conceal/deny", "*ʾēmer*": "word/speech/saying", "*qādôš*": "holy/sacred/Holy One" } }

11 { "verseID": "Job.6.11", "source": "מַה־כֹּחִ֥י כִֽי־אֲיַחֵ֑ל וּמַה־קִּ֝צִּ֗י כִּֽי־אַאֲרִ֥יךְ נַפְשִֽׁי׃", "text": "*mah-kōḥî kî-ʾăyaḥēl ûmah-qiṣṣî kî-ʾaʾărîk napšî*", "grammar": { "*mah-kōḥî*": "interrogative + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - what is my strength", "*kî-ʾăyaḥēl*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - that I should hope/wait", "*ûmah-qiṣṣî*": "conjunction + interrogative + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and what is my end", "*kî-ʾaʾărîk*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - that I should prolong", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life" }, "variants": { "*kōaḥ*": "strength/power", "*yāḥal*": "to wait/hope", "*qēṣ*": "end/limit", "*ʾārak*": "to be long/prolong/extend", "*nepeš*": "soul/life/self" } }

12 { "verseID": "Job.6.12", "source": "אִם־כֹּ֣חַ אֲבָנִ֣ים כֹּחִ֑י אִֽם־בְּשָׂרִ֥י נָחֽוּשׁ׃", "text": "*ʾim-kōaḥ ʾăbānîm kōḥî ʾim-bəśārî nāḥûš*", "grammar": { "*ʾim*": "interrogative particle - is", "*kōaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - strength of", "*ʾăbānîm*": "noun, feminine plural - stones", "*kōḥî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my strength", "*ʾim-bəśārî*": "interrogative particle + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - is my flesh", "*nāḥûš*": "noun/adjective, masculine singular - bronze/brazen" }, "variants": { "*kōaḥ*": "strength/power", "*ʾeben*": "stone", "*bāśār*": "flesh/body", "*nāḥûš*": "bronze/copper" } }

13 { "verseID": "Job.6.13", "source": "הַאִ֬ם אֵ֣ין עֶזְרָתִ֣י בִ֑י וְ֝תֻשִׁיָּ֗ה נִדְּחָ֥ה מִמֶּֽנִּי׃", "text": "*haʾim ʾên ʿezrātî bî wətušiyyâ niddəḥâ mimmennî*", "grammar": { "*haʾim*": "interrogative + particle - is it not", "*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not", "*ʿezrātî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my help", "*bî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - in me", "*wətušiyyâ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and success/wisdom/sound judgment", "*niddəḥâ*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - is driven away", "*mimmennî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - from me" }, "variants": { "*ʿezrâ*": "help/assistance", "*tušiyyâ*": "wisdom/success/ability/sound judgment", "*nādaḥ*": "to drive away/banish/impel" } }

14 { "verseID": "Job.6.14", "source": "לַמָּ֣ס מֵרֵעֵ֣הוּ חָ֑סֶד וְיִרְאַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲזֽוֹב׃", "text": "*lammās mērēʿēhû ḥāsed wəyirʾat Šadday yaʿăzôb*", "grammar": { "*lammās*": "preposition + article + Qal participle, masculine singular - to the despairing", "*mērēʿēhû*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his friend", "*ḥāsed*": "noun, masculine singular - kindness/loyalty", "*wəyirʾat*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - and fear of", "*Šadday*": "divine name - Almighty", "*yaʿăzôb*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he forsakes" }, "variants": { "*mās*": "despairing/melting/fainting", "*rēaʿ*": "friend/companion", "*ḥesed*": "kindness/loyalty/faithfulness/covenant love", "*yirʾâ*": "fear/reverence", "*ʿāzab*": "to leave/forsake/abandon" } }

15 { "verseID": "Job.6.15", "source": "אַ֭חַי בָּגְד֣וּ כְמוֹ־נָ֑חַל כַּאֲפִ֖יק נְחָלִ֣ים יַעֲבֹֽרוּ׃", "text": "*ʾaḥay bāgdû kəmô-nāḥal kaʾăpîq nəḥālîm yaʿăbōrû*", "grammar": { "*ʾaḥay*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my brothers", "*bāgdû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have dealt treacherously", "*kəmô-nāḥal*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a wadi/stream", "*kaʾăpîq*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - like a channel of", "*nəḥālîm*": "noun, masculine plural - wadis/streams", "*yaʿăbōrû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they pass away" }, "variants": { "*ʾāḥ*": "brother", "*bāgad*": "to act treacherously/deal faithlessly", "*naḥal*": "wadi/stream/torrent", "*ʾăpîq*": "channel/bed/riverbed", "*ʿābar*": "to pass over/through/by" } }

16 { "verseID": "Job.6.16", "source": "הַקֹּדְרִ֥ים מִנִּי־קָ֑רַח עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ יִתְעַלֶּם־שָֽׁלֶג׃", "text": "*haqqōdərîm minnî-qāraḥ ʿālêmô yitʿallem-šāleg*", "grammar": { "*haqqōdərîm*": "article + Qal participle, masculine plural - the ones being dark/turbid", "*minnî-qāraḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from ice", "*ʿālêmô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - upon them", "*yitʿallem*": "Hitpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - hides itself", "*šāleg*": "noun, masculine singular - snow" }, "variants": { "*qādar*": "to be dark/gloomy/turbid", "*qeraḥ*": "ice/frost", "*ʿālam*": "to hide/conceal", "*šeleg*": "snow" } }

17 { "verseID": "Job.6.17", "source": "בְּ֭עֵת יְזֹרְב֣וּ נִצְמָ֑תוּ בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹ נִדְעֲכ֥וּ מִמְּקוֹמָֽם׃", "text": "*bəʿēt yəzōrəbû niṣmātû bəḥummô nidʿăkû mimməqômām*", "grammar": { "*bəʿēt*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - in time/when", "*yəzōrəbû*": "Pual imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are heated/scorched", "*niṣmātû*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are extinguished/cut off", "*bəḥummô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in its heat", "*nidʿăkû*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are extinguished", "*mimməqômām*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - from their place" }, "variants": { "*ʿēt*": "time/season", "*zārab*": "to flow/scorch/burn/parch", "*ṣāmat*": "to extinguish/destroy/cut off", "*ḥōm*": "heat/warmth", "*dāʿak*": "to go out/be extinguished", "*māqôm*": "place/location" } }

18 { "verseID": "Job.6.18", "source": "יִ֭לָּ֣פְתוּ אָרְח֣וֹת דַּרְכָּ֑ם יַעֲל֖וּ בַתֹּ֣הוּ וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃", "text": "*yillāpətû ʾārəḥôt darkām yaʿălû battōhû wəyōʾbēdû*", "grammar": { "*yillāpətû*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they wind/turn aside", "*ʾārəḥôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - caravans of", "*darkām*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their way", "*yaʿălû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they go up", "*battōhû*": "preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - into the waste/void/emptiness", "*wəyōʾbēdû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they perish" }, "variants": { "*lāpat*": "to twist/turn/bend", "*ʾōraḥ*": "way/path/caravan", "*derekh*": "way/road/journey", "*ʿālâ*": "to go up/ascend/climb", "*tōhû*": "formlessness/waste/emptiness", "*ʾābad*": "to perish/be destroyed" } }

19 { "verseID": "Job.6.19", "source": "הִ֭בִּיטוּ אָרְח֣וֹת תֵּמָ֑א הֲלִיכֹ֥ת שְׁ֝בָ֗א קִוּוּ־לָֽמוֹ׃", "text": "*hibbîṭû ʾārəḥôt Tēmāʾ hălîkōt Šəbāʾ qiwwû-lāmô*", "grammar": { "*hibbîṭû*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd common plural - they look/gaze", "*ʾārəḥôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - caravans of", "*Tēmāʾ*": "proper noun - Tema", "*hălîkōt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - travelers of", "*Šəbāʾ*": "proper noun - Sheba", "*qiwwû-lāmô*": "Piel perfect, 3rd common plural + preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - they hope for them" }, "variants": { "*nābaṭ*": "to look/gaze/regard", "*ʾōraḥ*": "way/path/caravan", "*hălîkâ*": "journey/traveling company/caravan", "*qāwâ*": "to wait/hope for" } }

20 { "verseID": "Job.6.20", "source": "בֹּ֥שׁוּ כִּֽי־בָטָ֑ח בָּ֥אוּ עָ֝דֶ֗יהָ וַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ׃", "text": "*bōšû kî-bāṭāḥ bāʾû ʿādêhā wayyeḥpārû*", "grammar": { "*bōšû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are ashamed", "*kî-bāṭāḥ*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - because he trusted", "*bāʾû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they came", "*ʿādêhā*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - up to her/it", "*wayyeḥpārû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they are ashamed/disappointed" }, "variants": { "*bôš*": "to be ashamed/disappointed", "*bāṭaḥ*": "to trust/rely/hope", "*bôʾ*": "to come/go/enter", "*ḥāpēr*": "to be ashamed/disappointed/disgraced" } }

21 { "verseID": "Job.6.21", "source": "כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה הֱיִ֣יתֶם לֹ֑ו תִּֽרְא֥וּ חֲ֝תַ֗ת וַתִּירָֽאוּ׃", "text": "*kî-ʿattâ hĕyîtem lô tirʾû ḥătat wattîrāʾû*", "grammar": { "*kî-ʿattâ*": "conjunction + adverb - for now", "*hĕyîtem*": "Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you have been", "*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him/it", "*tirʾû*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you see", "*ḥătat*": "noun, feminine singular - terror/dismay", "*wattîrāʾû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you fear" }, "variants": { "*hāyâ*": "to be/become/happen", "*rāʾâ*": "to see/observe/perceive", "*ḥătat*": "terror/dismay/destruction", "*yārēʾ*": "to fear/be afraid/reverence" } }

22 { "verseID": "Job.6.22", "source": "הֲ‍ֽכִי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי הָ֣בוּ לִ֑י וּ֝מִכֹּחֲכֶ֗ם שִׁחֲד֥וּ בַעֲדִֽי׃", "text": "*hăkî-ʾāmartî hābû lî ûmikkōḥăkem šiḥădû baʿădî*", "grammar": { "*hăkî*": "interrogative + conjunction - is it because", "*ʾāmartî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said", "*hābû*": "Qal imperative, masculine plural - give", "*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me", "*ûmikkōḥăkem*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - and from your strength/wealth", "*šiḥădû*": "Qal imperative, masculine plural - offer a bribe/gift", "*baʿădî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - on my behalf" }, "variants": { "*ʾāmar*": "to say/speak/command", "*yāhab*": "to give/provide", "*kōaḥ*": "strength/power/wealth", "*šāḥad*": "to bribe/give a gift" } }

23 { "verseID": "Job.6.23", "source": "וּמַלְּט֥וּנִי מִיַּד־צָ֑ר וּמִיַּ֖ד עָרִיצִ֣ים תִּפְדּֽוּנִי׃", "text": "*ûmalləṭûnî miyyad-ṣār ûmiyyad ʿārîṣîm tipdûnî*", "grammar": { "*ûmalləṭûnî*": "conjunction + Piel imperative, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - and deliver me", "*miyyad-ṣār*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct + noun/adjective, masculine singular - from the hand of adversary", "*ûmiyyad*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - and from the hand of", "*ʿārîṣîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - tyrants/ruthless ones", "*tipdûnî*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - you will ransom me" }, "variants": { "*mālaṭ*": "to escape/deliver/save", "*yād*": "hand/power", "*ṣar*": "adversary/enemy/foe", "*ʿārîṣ*": "ruthless/terrifying/violent", "*pādâ*": "to ransom/redeem/rescue" } }

24 { "verseID": "Job.6.24", "source": "ה֭וֹרוּנִי וַאֲנִ֣י אַחֲרִ֑ישׁ וּמַה־שָּׁ֝גִ֗יתִי הָבִ֥ינוּ לִֽי׃", "text": "*hôrûnî waʾănî ʾaḥărîš ûmah-šāgîtî hābînû lî*", "grammar": { "*hôrûnî*": "Hiphil imperative, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - teach me", "*waʾănî*": "conjunction + 1st person singular pronoun - and I", "*ʾaḥărîš*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be silent", "*ûmah-šāgîtî*": "conjunction + interrogative + Qal perfect, 1st person singular - and what I have erred", "*hābînû*": "Hiphil imperative, masculine plural - make understand", "*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me" }, "variants": { "*yārâ*": "to teach/instruct/direct", "*ḥāraš*": "to be silent/inactive/speechless", "*šāgâ*": "to go astray/err/wander", "*bîn*": "to understand/discern/perceive" } }

25 { "verseID": "Job.6.25", "source": "מַה־נִּמְרְצ֥וּ אִמְרֵי־יֹ֑שֶׁר וּמַה־יּוֹכִ֖יחַ הוֹכֵ֣חַ מִכֶּֽם׃", "text": "*mah-nimrəṣû ʾimrê-yōšer ûmah-yôkîaḥ hôkēaḥ mikkem*", "grammar": { "*mah-nimrəṣû*": "interrogative + Niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - how forceful are", "*ʾimrê-yōšer*": "noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - words of uprightness", "*ûmah-yôkîaḥ*": "conjunction + interrogative + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and what proves", "*hôkēaḥ*": "Hiphil infinitive absolute - reproof", "*mikkem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - from you" }, "variants": { "*māraṣ*": "to be forceful/grievous/painful", "*ʾēmer*": "word/speech/saying", "*yōšer*": "uprightness/straightness/honesty", "*yākaḥ*": "to decide/judge/prove/reprove" } }

26 { "verseID": "Job.6.26", "source": "הַלְהוֹכַ֣ח מִלִּ֣ים תַּחְשֹׁ֑בוּ וּ֝לְר֗וּחַ אִמְרֵ֥י נֹאָֽשׁ׃", "text": "*halĕhôkaḥ millîm taḥšōbû ûlĕrûaḥ ʾimrê nōʾāš*", "grammar": { "*halĕhôkaḥ*": "interrogative + preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - is it to reprove", "*millîm*": "noun, feminine plural - words", "*taḥšōbû*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you intend/plan", "*ûlĕrûaḥ*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular - and for wind", "*ʾimrê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - words of", "*nōʾāš*": "Niphal participle, masculine singular - one despairing" }, "variants": { "*yākaḥ*": "to decide/judge/prove/reprove", "*millâ*": "word/speech/saying", "*ḥāšab*": "to think/plan/consider/reckon", "*rûaḥ*": "wind/breath/spirit", "*ʾēmer*": "word/speech/saying", "*yāʾaš*": "to despair/give up hope" } }

27 { "verseID": "Job.6.27", "source": "אַף־עַל־יָת֥וֹם תַּפִּ֑ילוּ וְ֝תִכְר֗וּ עַל־רֵֽיעֲכֶֽם׃", "text": "*ʾap-ʿal-yātôm tappîlû wətikrû ʿal-rêʿăkem*", "grammar": { "*ʾap-ʿal*": "conjunction + preposition - even upon", "*yātôm*": "noun, masculine singular - orphan/fatherless", "*tappîlû*": "Hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you cast lots", "*wətikrû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you dig/trade", "*ʿal-rêʿăkem*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - over your friend" }, "variants": { "*yātôm*": "orphan/fatherless", "*nāpal*": "to fall/cast lots", "*kārâ*": "to dig/trade/bargain", "*rēaʿ*": "friend/companion/neighbor" } }

28 { "verseID": "Job.6.28", "source": "וְ֭עַתָּה הוֹאִ֣ילוּ פְנוּ־בִ֑י וְעַל־פְּ֝נֵיכֶ֗ם אִם־אֲכַזֵּֽב׃", "text": "*wəʿattâ hôʾîlû pənû-bî wəʿal-pənêkem ʾim-ʾăkazzēb*", "grammar": { "*wəʿattâ*": "conjunction + adverb - and now", "*hôʾîlû*": "Hiphil imperative, masculine plural - be willing/consent", "*pənû-bî*": "Qal imperative, masculine plural + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - turn to me", "*wəʿal-pənêkem*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - and to your faces", "*ʾim-ʾăkazzēb*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - if I will lie" }, "variants": { "*yāʾal*": "to be willing/determine/undertake", "*pānâ*": "to turn/face", "*pānîm*": "face/presence", "*kāzab*": "to lie/deceive/disappoint" } }

29 { "verseID": "Job.6.29", "source": "שֻֽׁבוּ־נָ֭א אַל־תְּהִ֣י עַוְלָ֑ה וְשׁ֥וּבוּ ע֝וֹד צִדְקִי־בָֽהּ׃", "text": "*šubû-nāʾ ʾal-təhî ʿawlâ wəšûbû ʿôd ṣidqî-bāh*", "grammar": { "*šubû-nāʾ*": "Qal imperative, masculine plural + particle of entreaty - return, please", "*ʾal-təhî*": "negative particle + Qal jussive, 3rd feminine singular - let there not be", "*ʿawlâ*": "noun, feminine singular - injustice/unrighteousness", "*wəšûbû*": "conjunction + Qal imperative, masculine plural - and return", "*ʿôd*": "adverb - still/yet/again", "*ṣidqî-bāh*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix + preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - my righteousness is in it" }, "variants": { "*šûb*": "to return/turn back", "*nāʾ*": "please (particle of entreaty)", "*hāyâ*": "to be/become/happen", "*ʿawlâ*": "injustice/unrighteousness/wrong", "*ṣedeq*": "righteousness/justice/rightness" } }

30 { "verseID": "Job.6.30", "source": "הֲיֵשׁ־בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֥י עַוְלָ֑ה אִם־חִ֝כִּ֗י לֹא־יָבִ֥ין הַוּֽוֹת׃", "text": "*hăyēš-bilšônî ʿawlâ ʾim-ḥikkî lōʾ-yābîn hawwôt*", "grammar": { "*hăyēš*": "interrogative + existential particle - is there", "*bilšônî*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - in my tongue", "*ʿawlâ*": "noun, feminine singular - injustice/unrighteousness", "*ʾim-ḥikkî*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - if my palate", "*lōʾ-yābîn*": "negative particle + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - does not discern", "*hawwôt*": "noun, feminine plural - calamities/destructions" }, "variants": { "*lāšôn*": "tongue/language", "*ʿawlâ*": "injustice/unrighteousness/wrong", "*ḥēk*": "palate/roof of mouth/taste", "*bîn*": "to understand/discern/perceive", "*hawwâ*": "calamity/disaster/destruction" } }