14{
"verseID": "Job.15.14",
"source": "מָה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי־יִזְכֶּה וְכִי־יִצְדַּק יְלוּד אִשָּׁה",
"text": "*māh-ʾĕnôš* *kî-yizkkeh* *wə-ḵî-yiṣdaq* *yəlûd* *ʾiššāh*",
"grammar": {
"*māh-ʾĕnôš*": "interrogative pronoun + noun, masculine singular - what is man",
"*kî-yizkkeh*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - that he should be pure",
"*wə-ḵî-yiṣdaq*": "conjunction + conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and that he should be righteous",
"*yəlûd*": "qal passive participle, masculine singular construct - one born of",
"*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine singular - woman"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕnôš*": "man, mankind, humanity",
"*zāḵāh*": "to be pure, clean, innocent",
"*ṣādaq*": "to be right, righteous, just",
"*yālad*": "to bear, beget, bring forth",
"*ʾiššāh*": "woman, wife, female"
}
}
15{
"verseID": "Job.15.15",
"source": "הֵן בִּקְדֹשָׁיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָיו",
"text": "*hēn* *biqdōšāyw* *lōʾ* *yaʾămîn* *wə-šāmayim* *lōʾ-zakkû* *bəʿênāyw*",
"grammar": {
"*hēn*": "interjection - behold, lo",
"*biqdōšāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his holy ones",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yaʾămîn*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he trusts",
"*wə-šāmayim*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and heavens",
"*lōʾ-zakkû*": "negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - are not pure",
"*bəʿênāyw*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his eyes"
},
"variants": {
"*qādôš*": "holy one, saint, sacred person",
"*ʾāman*": "to believe, trust, have faith in",
"*šāmayim*": "heavens, sky",
"*zāḵāh*": "to be pure, clean, innocent",
"*ʿayin*": "eye, sight, appearance"
}
}
16{
"verseID": "Job.15.16",
"source": "אַף כִּי־נִתְעָב וְנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָה",
"text": "*ʾap̄* *kî-nitʿāḇ* *wə-neʾĕlāḥ* *ʾîš-šōteh* *ḵammayim* *ʿawlāh*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾap̄*": "conjunction - how much more/less",
"*kî-nitʿāḇ*": "conjunction + niphal participle, masculine singular - that is abominable",
"*wə-neʾĕlāḥ*": "conjunction + niphal participle, masculine singular - and filthy",
"*ʾîš-šōteh*": "noun, masculine singular construct + qal participle, masculine singular - man drinking",
"*ḵammayim*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - like the waters",
"*ʿawlāh*": "noun, feminine singular - iniquity"
},
"variants": {
"*tāʿaḇ*": "to abhor, detest, be abominable",
"*ʾālaḥ*": "to be corrupt, tainted, filthy",
"*ʾîš*": "man, husband, person",
"*šātāh*": "to drink, consume",
"*mayim*": "water, waters, fluid",
"*ʿawlāh*": "injustice, unrighteousness, wickedness"
}
}