Job 23:3-7 : 3 {
"verseID": "Job.23.3",
"source": "מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*mî-yittēn* *yādaʿtî* *wə-ʾemṣāʾēhû* *ʾābôʾ* *ʿad-təkûnātô*",
"grammar": {
"*mî-yittēn*": "interrogative pronoun + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - who will give/would that/if only",
"*yādaʿtî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I knew",
"*wə-ʾemṣāʾēhû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and I would find him",
"*ʾābôʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I would come/I might come",
"*ʿad-təkûnātô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - unto his dwelling place/seat/abode"
},
"variants": {
"*mî-yittēn*": "idiomatic expression for 'if only/would that'",
"*yādaʿ*": "to know, perceive, discern, understand",
"*māṣāʾ*": "to find, attain, acquire, meet",
"*bôʾ*": "to come, enter, arrive",
"*təkûnâ*": "place, seat, arrangement, dwelling place, foundation"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Job.23.4",
"source": "אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה לְפָנָ֣יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝פִ֗י אֲמַלֵּ֥א תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃",
"text": "*ʾeʿerəkâ* *ləpānāyw* *mišpāṭ* *û-pî* *ʾămallēʾ* *tôkāḥôt*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾeʿerəkâ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - I would set in order/arrange",
"*ləpānāyw*": "preposition + noun, plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - before him/in his presence",
"*mišpāṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - judgment/case/cause/legal claim",
"*û-pî*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and my mouth",
"*ʾămallēʾ*": "Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I would fill",
"*tôkāḥôt*": "noun, feminine plural - arguments/reproofs/rebuke"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿārak*": "to arrange, set in order, prepare, organize",
"*pānîm*": "face, presence, countenance",
"*mišpāṭ*": "judgment, justice, legal case, legal claim, court proceeding",
"*māleʾ*": "to fill, be full, be satisfied",
"*tôkāḥâ*": "argument, reproof, rebuke, correction, reasoned case"
}
}
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"
}
}