12 {
"verseID": "Job.16.12",
"source": "שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו הָיִ֨יתִי ׀ וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי וְאָחַ֣ז בְּ֭עָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי ל֝֗וֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה׃",
"text": "*šālēw* *hāyîtî* *wə-yəparpərēnî* *wə-ʾāḥaz* *bə-ʿorpî* *wə-yəpaṣpəṣēnî* *wə-yəqîmēnî* *lô* *ləmaṭṭārāh*",
"grammar": {
"*šālēw*": "adjective masculine singular - at ease",
"*hāyîtî*": "Qal perfect 1st singular - I was",
"*wə-yəparpərēnî*": "conjunction + Pilpel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and he broke me in pieces",
"*wə-ʾāḥaz*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he seized",
"*bə-ʿorpî*": "preposition + noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - by my neck",
"*wə-yəpaṣpəṣēnî*": "conjunction + Pilpel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and he shattered me",
"*wə-yəqîmēnî*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and he set me up",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - for himself",
"*ləmaṭṭārāh*": "preposition + noun feminine singular - as a target"
},
"variants": {
"*šālēw*": "at ease, quiet, peaceful",
"*hāyîtî*": "to be, become, happen",
"*yəparpərēnî*": "to break apart, shatter, break in pieces",
"*ʾāḥaz*": "to grasp, take hold, seize",
"*ʿorpî*": "neck, back of neck",
"*yəpaṣpəṣēnî*": "to break to pieces, dash to pieces",
"*yəqîmēnî*": "to raise, set up, establish",
"*maṭṭārāh*": "mark, target"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Job.16.13",
"source": "יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּ עָלַ֨י ׀ רַבָּ֗יו יְפַלַּ֣ח כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי וְלֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִי׃",
"text": "*yāsōbbû* *ʿālay* *rabbāyw* *yəpallaḥ* *kilyôtay* *wə-lōʾ* *yaḥmôl* *yišpōk* *lāʾāreṣ* *mərērātî*",
"grammar": {
"*yāsōbbû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they surround",
"*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me",
"*rabbāyw*": "adjective masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his archers/many",
"*yəpallaḥ*": "Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he pierces",
"*kilyôtay*": "noun feminine plural + 1st singular suffix - my kidneys",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*yaḥmôl*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he spares",
"*yišpōk*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he pours out",
"*lāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + noun feminine singular - to the ground",
"*mərērātî*": "noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my gall"
},
"variants": {
"*yāsōbbû*": "to surround, encompass",
"*rabbāyw*": "archers, many (ones), great (ones)",
"*yəpallaḥ*": "to cleave, slice, pierce through",
"*kilyôtay*": "kidneys, inner parts, mind",
"*yaḥmôl*": "to spare, have compassion",
"*yišpōk*": "to pour, pour out, spill",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth, land, ground",
"*mərērātî*": "gall, bile, bitterness"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Job.16.14",
"source": "יִפְרְצֵ֣נִי פֶ֭רֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי־פָ֑רֶץ יָרֻ֖ץ עָלַ֣י כְּגִבּֽוֹר׃",
"text": "*yiprəṣēnî* *pereṣ* *ʿal-pənê-pāreṣ* *yāruṣ* *ʿālay* *kə-gibbôr*",
"grammar": {
"*yiprəṣēnî*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - he breaks me",
"*pereṣ*": "noun masculine singular - breach",
"*ʿal-pənê-pāreṣ*": "preposition + noun masculine plural construct + noun masculine singular - upon the face of breach",
"*yāruṣ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he runs",
"*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me",
"*kə-gibbôr*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - like a warrior"
},
"variants": {
"*yiprəṣēnî*": "to break down, break through, breach",
"*pereṣ*": "breach, gap, break",
"*pənê*": "face, presence, surface",
"*yāruṣ*": "to run, rush",
"*gibbôr*": "mighty man, warrior, champion"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Job.16.15",
"source": "שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑י וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶעָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽי׃",
"text": "*śaq* *tāpartî* *ʿălê* *gildî* *wə-ʿōlaltî* *beʿāpār* *qarnî*",
"grammar": {
"*śaq*": "noun masculine singular - sackcloth",
"*tāpartî*": "Qal perfect 1st singular - I have sewn",
"*ʿălê*": "preposition - upon",
"*gildî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my skin",
"*wə-ʿōlaltî*": "conjunction + Pilel perfect 1st singular - and I have defiled",
"*beʿāpār*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - in the dust",
"*qarnî*": "noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my horn"
},
"variants": {
"*śaq*": "sackcloth, mourning cloth",
"*tāpartî*": "to sew, stitch together",
"*gildî*": "skin, hide",
"*ʿōlaltî*": "to thrust in, defile, insert",
"*ʿāpār*": "dust, powder, earth",
"*qarnî*": "horn, power, dignity"
}
}