Job 18:9-9 : 9 {
"verseID": "Job.18.9",
"source": "יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פָּח יַחֲזֵק עָלָיו צַמִּים",
"text": "*yōʾḥēz bəʿāqēḇ pāḥ yaḥăzēq ʿālāyw ṣammîm*",
"grammar": {
"*yōʾḥēz*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will seize",
"*bəʿāqēḇ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - by the heel",
"*pāḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - trap/snare",
"*yaḥăzēq*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will strengthen/prevail",
"*ʿālāyw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him",
"*ṣammîm*": "noun, masculine plural - robbers/traps"
},
"variants": {
"*yōʾḥēz*": "will seize/grasp/take hold",
"*bəʿāqēḇ*": "by the heel/foot",
"*pāḥ*": "trap/snare/bird net",
"*yaḥăzēq*": "will strengthen/prevail/overpower",
"*ʿālāyw*": "upon him/against him",
"*ṣammîm*": "robbers/traps/nooses/hunters"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Job.18.10",
"source": "טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלוֹ וּמַלְכֻּדְתּוֹ עֲלֵי נָתִיב",
"text": "*ṭāmûn bāʾāreṣ ḥaḇlô ûmalkudtô ʿălê nāṯîḇ*",
"grammar": {
"*ṭāmûn*": "Qal passive participle, masculine singular - hidden",
"*bāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the ground",
"*ḥaḇlô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his rope",
"*ûmalkudtô*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his trap",
"*ʿălê*": "preposition - upon",
"*nāṯîḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - path"
},
"variants": {
"*ṭāmûn*": "hidden/concealed/buried",
"*bāʾāreṣ*": "in the ground/earth/land",
"*ḥaḇlô*": "his rope/cord/snare",
"*ûmalkudtô*": "and his trap/snare",
"*ʿălê nāṯîḇ*": "upon the path/trail/way"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Job.18.11",
"source": "סָבִיב בִּעֲתֻהוּ בַלָּהוֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ לְרַגְלָיו",
"text": "*sāḇîḇ biʿăṯuhû ḇallāhôṯ wehĕp̄îṣuhû ləraglāyw*",
"grammar": {
"*sāḇîḇ*": "adverb - around",
"*biʿăṯuhû*": "Piel perfect, 3rd common plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they terrify him",
"*ḇallāhôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural - terrors",
"*wehĕp̄îṣuhû*": "conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 3rd common plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and they scatter him",
"*ləraglāyw*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - at his feet"
},
"variants": {
"*sāḇîḇ*": "around/on every side",
"*biʿăṯuhû*": "they terrify him/frighten him",
"*ḇallāhôṯ*": "terrors/sudden destruction/calamities",
"*wehĕp̄îṣuhû*": "and they scatter him/drive him",
"*ləraglāyw*": "at his feet/for his steps"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Job.18.12",
"source": "יְהִי־רָעֵב אֹנוֹ וְאֵיד נָכוֹן לְצַלְעוֹ",
"text": "*yəhî-rāʿēḇ ʾōnô wəʾêḏ nāḵôn ləṣalʿô*",
"grammar": {
"*yəhî-rāʿēḇ*": "Qal jussive, 3rd masculine singular - may it be famished",
"*ʾōnô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his strength",
"*wəʾêḏ*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and calamity",
"*nāḵôn*": "Niphal participle, masculine singular - established/ready",
"*ləṣalʿô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - for his rib/side"
},
"variants": {
"*yəhî-rāʿēḇ*": "may it be famished/hungry/starved",
"*ʾōnô*": "his strength/vigor/wealth",
"*wəʾêḏ*": "and calamity/destruction/ruin",
"*nāḵôn*": "established/ready/prepared",
"*ləṣalʿô*": "for his rib/side/limping"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Job.18.13",
"source": "יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עוֹרוֹ יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכוֹר מָוֶת",
"text": "*yōʾḵal baddê ʿôrô yōʾḵal baddāyw bəḵôr māwet*",
"grammar": {
"*yōʾḵal*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will devour",
"*baddê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - parts of",
"*ʿôrô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his skin",
"*yōʾḵal*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will devour",
"*baddāyw*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his limbs",
"*bəḵôr*": "noun, masculine singular construct - firstborn of",
"*māwet*": "noun, masculine singular - death"
},
"variants": {
"*yōʾḵal*": "will devour/consume/eat",
"*baddê*": "parts/pieces/members",
"*ʿôrô*": "his skin/hide",
"*baddāyw*": "his limbs/members/parts",
"*bəḵôr māwet*": "firstborn of death/deadly disease/fatal plague"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Job.18.14",
"source": "יִנָּתֵק מֵאָהֳלוֹ מִבְטַחוֹ וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהוֹת",
"text": "*yinnāṯēq mēʾohŏlô miḇṭaḥô wəṯaṣʿiḏēhû ləmeleḵ ballāhôṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*yinnāṯēq*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be torn away",
"*mēʾohŏlô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his tent",
"*miḇṭaḥô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his confidence",
"*wəṯaṣʿiḏēhû*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and it makes him march",
"*ləmeleḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - to the king of",
"*ballāhôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural - terrors"
},
"variants": {
"*yinnāṯēq*": "will be torn away/uprooted/pulled out",
"*mēʾohŏlô*": "from his tent/dwelling",
"*miḇṭaḥô*": "his confidence/security/trust",
"*wəṯaṣʿiḏēhû*": "and it makes him march/parade/walk",
"*ləmeleḵ ballāhôṯ*": "to the king of terrors/death/destruction"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Job.18.15",
"source": "תִּשְׁכּוֹן בְּאָהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִי־לוֹ יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גָפְרִית",
"text": "*tiškôn bəʾohŏlô mibbəlî-lô yəzōreh ʿal-nāwēhû gop̄rîṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*tiškôn*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will dwell",
"*bəʾohŏlô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his tent",
"*mibbəlî-lô*": "preposition + negation + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from lack to him",
"*yəzōreh*": "Pual imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be scattered",
"*ʿal-nāwēhû*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon his habitation",
"*gop̄rîṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - sulfur"
},
"variants": {
"*tiškôn*": "will dwell/reside/inhabit",
"*bəʾohŏlô*": "in his tent/dwelling",
"*mibbəlî-lô*": "from lack to him/because it is not his/what does not belong to him",
"*yəzōreh*": "will be scattered/sprinkled/strewn",
"*ʿal-nāwēhû*": "upon his habitation/dwelling place",
"*gop̄rîṯ*": "sulfur/brimstone"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Job.18.16",
"source": "מִתַּחַת שָׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירוֹ",
"text": "*mittaḥaṯ šārāšāyw yiḇāšû ûmimmaʿal yimmal qəṣîrô*",
"grammar": {
"*mittaḥaṯ*": "preposition - from beneath",
"*šārāšāyw*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his roots",
"*yiḇāšû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will dry up",
"*ûmimmaʿal*": "conjunction + preposition - and from above",
"*yimmal*": "Poal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be cut off",
"*qəṣîrô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his harvest"
},
"variants": {
"*mittaḥaṯ*": "from beneath/below/underneath",
"*šārāšāyw*": "his roots/foundations",
"*yiḇāšû*": "they will dry up/wither/be dried",
"*ûmimmaʿal*": "and from above/overhead",
"*yimmal*": "will be cut off/withered/destroyed",
"*qəṣîrô*": "his harvest/branch/crop"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Job.18.17",
"source": "זִכְרוֹ־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לוֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חוּץ",
"text": "*ziḵrô-ʾāḇaḏ minnî-ʾāreṣ wəlōʾ-šēm lô ʿal-pənê-ḥûṣ*",
"grammar": {
"*ziḵrô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his memory",
"*ʾāḇaḏ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it perishes",
"*minnî-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - from the earth",
"*wəlōʾ-šēm*": "conjunction + negative particle + noun, masculine singular - and no name",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*ʿal-pənê-ḥûṣ*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - upon the face of the street"
},
"variants": {
"*ziḵrô*": "his memory/remembrance/memorial",
"*ʾāḇaḏ*": "perishes/is lost/vanishes",
"*minnî-ʾāreṣ*": "from the earth/land",
"*wəlōʾ-šēm lô*": "and no name to him/he has no reputation",
"*ʿal-pənê-ḥûṣ*": "upon the face of the street/in public/in the open"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Job.18.18",
"source": "יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֹר אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּהוּ",
"text": "*yehdəp̄uhû mēʾôr ʾel-ḥōšeḵ ûmittēḇēl yənidduhû*",
"grammar": {
"*yehdəp̄uhû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they drive him",
"*mēʾôr*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from light",
"*ʾel-ḥōšeḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - to darkness",
"*ûmittēḇēl*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular - and from the world",
"*yənidduhû*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they chase him"
},
"variants": {
"*yehdəp̄uhû*": "they drive him/thrust him/push him away",
"*mēʾôr*": "from light/illumination",
"*ʾel-ḥōšeḵ*": "to darkness/obscurity",
"*ûmittēḇēl*": "and from the world/habitable earth",
"*yənidduhû*": "they chase him/force him away/banish him"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Job.18.19",
"source": "לֹא נִין לוֹ וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמּוֹ וְאֵין שָׂרִיד בִּמְגוּרָיו",
"text": "*lōʾ nîn lô wəlōʾ-neḵeḏ bəʿammô wəʾên śārîḏ bimgûrāyw*",
"grammar": {
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*nîn*": "noun, masculine singular - offspring",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*wəlōʾ-neḵeḏ*": "conjunction + negative particle + noun, masculine singular - and no posterity",
"*bəʿammô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his people",
"*wəʾên*": "conjunction + particle of negation - and there is not",
"*śārîḏ*": "noun, masculine singular - survivor",
"*bimgûrāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his dwellings"
},
"variants": {
"*lōʾ nîn lô*": "no offspring to him/he has no son",
"*wəlōʾ-neḵeḏ*": "and no posterity/grandson/descendant",
"*bəʿammô*": "in his people/relatives/family",
"*wəʾên śārîḏ*": "and there is no survivor/remnant",
"*bimgûrāyw*": "in his dwellings/places where he sojourned"
}
}