23{
"verseID": "Job.15.23",
"source": "נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע כִּי־נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יוֹם־חֹשֶׁךְ",
"text": "*nōdēd* *hûʾ* *lalleḥem* *ʾayyēh* *yādaʿ* *kî-nāḵôn* *bəyādô* *yôm-ḥōšeḵ*",
"grammar": {
"*nōdēd*": "qal participle, masculine singular - wandering",
"*hûʾ*": "3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he",
"*lalleḥem*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - for the bread",
"*ʾayyēh*": "interrogative adverb - where",
"*yādaʿ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he knows",
"*kî-nāḵôn*": "conjunction + niphal participle, masculine singular - that is ready",
"*bəyādô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his hand",
"*yôm-ḥōšeḵ*": "noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - day of darkness"
},
"variants": {
"*nûd*": "to wander, move to and fro, flutter",
"*leḥem*": "bread, food, sustenance",
"*ʾayyēh*": "where, how",
"*yādaʿ*": "to know, perceive, recognize",
"*kûn*": "to be firm, stable, established",
"*yād*": "hand, power, side",
"*yôm*": "day, time",
"*ḥōšeḵ*": "darkness, obscurity"
}
}
24{
"verseID": "Job.15.24",
"source": "יְבַעֲתֻהוּ צַר וּמְצוּקָה תִּתְקְפֵהוּ כְּמֶלֶךְ עָתִיד לַכִּידוֹר",
"text": "*yəḇaʿătuhû* *ṣar* *û-məṣûqāh* *titqəp̄ēhû* *kəmeleḵ* *ʿātîd* *lakkîdôr*",
"grammar": {
"*yəḇaʿătuhû*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - it terrifies him",
"*ṣar*": "noun, masculine singular - distress",
"*û-məṣûqāh*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and anguish",
"*titqəp̄ēhû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - it overpowers him",
"*kəmeleḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a king",
"*ʿātîd*": "adjective, masculine singular - ready",
"*lakkîdôr*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - for the attack"
},
"variants": {
"*bāʿat*": "to terrify, startle, fall upon",
"*ṣar*": "distress, adversity, enemy",
"*məṣûqāh*": "straits, distress, anguish",
"*tāqap̄*": "to prevail, overpower",
"*meleḵ*": "king, ruler, sovereign",
"*ʿātîd*": "ready, prepared",
"*kîdôr*": "attack, assault, battle array"
}
}