5{
"verseID": "Job.23.5",
"source": "אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָה מַה־יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽי׃",
"text": "*ʾēdəʿâ* *millîm* *yaʿănēnî* *wə-ʾābînâ* *mah-yōʾmar* *lî*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾēdəʿâ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - I would know",
"*millîm*": "noun, feminine plural - words",
"*yaʿănēnî*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he would answer me",
"*wə-ʾābînâ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - and I would understand",
"*mah-yōʾmar*": "interrogative + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - what he would say",
"*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me"
},
"variants": {
"*yādaʿ*": "to know, learn, perceive",
"*millâ*": "word, speech, saying, utterance",
"*ʿānâ*": "to answer, respond, reply",
"*bîn*": "to understand, discern, perceive, consider",
"*ʾāmar*": "to say, speak, command, promise"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Job.23.6",
"source": "הַבְּרָב־כֹּ֭חַ יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י לֹ֥א אַךְ־ה֝֗וּא יָשִׂ֥ם בִּֽי׃",
"text": "*hă-bərāb-kōaḥ* *yārîb* *ʿimmādî* *lōʾ* *ʾak-hûʾ* *yāśîm* *bî*",
"grammar": {
"*hă-bərāb-kōaḥ*": "interrogative particle + preposition + noun, masculine singular - with greatness of strength/in his great power",
"*yārîb*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would he contend/strive",
"*ʿimmādî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾak-hûʾ*": "adverb + 3rd masculine singular pronoun - but/surely he",
"*yāśîm*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would set/place/put",
"*bî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - in me/on me"
},
"variants": {
"*rōb*": "abundance, greatness, multitude",
"*kōaḥ*": "strength, power, ability, might",
"*rîb*": "to strive, contend, dispute, plead",
"*śîm*": "to put, place, set, appoint, establish, direct attention to"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Job.23.7",
"source": "שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נוֹכָ֣ח עִמּ֑וֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝נֶ֗צַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃",
"text": "*šām* *yāšār* *nôkāḥ* *ʿimmô* *wa-ʾăpallĕṭâ* *lāneṣaḥ* *miššōpĕṭî*",
"grammar": {
"*šām*": "adverb - there",
"*yāšār*": "adjective, masculine singular - upright/righteous",
"*nôkāḥ*": "preposition - before/in the presence of",
"*ʿimmô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him",
"*wa-ʾăpallĕṭâ*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - and I would escape/be delivered",
"*lāneṣaḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - forever/completely",
"*miššōpĕṭî*": "preposition + Qal participle, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - from my judge"
},
"variants": {
"*yāšār*": "upright, straight, righteous, just",
"*nôkāḥ*": "in front of, opposite to, before, in the presence of",
"*pālaṭ*": "to escape, deliver, save, rescue",
"*neṣaḥ*": "forever, perpetuity, completely, entirely",
"*šāpaṭ*": "to judge, govern, vindicate, decide"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Job.23.8",
"source": "הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*hēn* *qedem* *ʾehĕlōk* *wə-ʾênennu* *wə-ʾāḥôr* *wə-lōʾ-ʾābîn* *lô*",
"grammar": {
"*hēn*": "interjection - behold/look",
"*qedem*": "noun, masculine singular - east/forward",
"*ʾehĕlōk*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I go",
"*wə-ʾênennu*": "conjunction + particle of negation + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he is not",
"*wə-ʾāḥôr*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and backward/west",
"*wə-lōʾ-ʾābîn*": "conjunction + negative particle + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I do not perceive",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - for him/to him"
},
"variants": {
"*qedem*": "east, forward, former time, ancient time",
"*hālak*": "to go, walk, come, depart",
"*ʾayin*": "nothing, non-existence, absence",
"*ʾāḥôr*": "behind, backward, west",
"*bîn*": "to discern, understand, consider, perceive"
}
}