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"
}
}