Job 38:22-37 : 22 {
"verseID": "Job.38.22",
"source": "הֲ֭בָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְר֣וֹת שָׁ֑לֶג וְאֹצְר֖וֹת בָּרָ֣ד תִּרְאֶֽה׃",
"text": "?-*bāʾtā* unto-*ʾōṣĕrôt* *šāleg* and-*ʾōṣĕrôt* *bārād* *tirʾeh*?",
"grammar": {
"*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?",
"*bāʾtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have entered",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - unto/to",
"*ʾōṣĕrôt*": "noun, masculine plural construct - storehouses of",
"*šāleg*": "noun, masculine singular - snow",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾōṣĕrôt*": "noun, masculine plural construct - storehouses of",
"*bārād*": "noun, masculine singular - hail",
"*tirʾeh*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will see"
},
"variants": {
"*bāʾtā*": "you have entered/you have come to",
"*ʾōṣĕrôt*": "storehouses/treasuries/treasures",
"*šāleg*": "snow",
"*bārād*": "hail"
}
}
23 {
"verseID": "Job.38.23",
"source": "אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂ֥כְתִּי לְעֶת־צָ֑ר לְי֥וֹם קְ֝רָ֗ב וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃",
"text": "Which-*ḥāśaktî* for-*ʿet*-*ṣār* for-*yôm* *qərāb* and-*milḥāmâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*ḥāśaktî*": "qal perfect, 1st singular - I have reserved",
"*lə*": "preposition - for/to",
"*ʿet*": "noun, feminine singular construct - time of",
"*ṣār*": "noun, masculine singular - distress/trouble",
"*lə*": "preposition - for/to",
"*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular construct - day of",
"*qərāb*": "noun, masculine singular - battle",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*milḥāmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - war"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥāśaktî*": "I have reserved/I have kept/I have held back",
"*ʿet*": "time/period",
"*ṣār*": "distress/trouble/adversity",
"*qərāb*": "battle/combat",
"*milḥāmâ*": "war/warfare/fighting"
}
}
24 {
"verseID": "Job.38.24",
"source": "אֵי־זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יֵחָ֣לֶק א֑וֹר יָפֵ֖ץ קָדִ֣ים עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "Where-*zeh* the-*derekə* *yēḥāleq* *ʾôr* *yāpēṣ* *qādîm* upon-*ʾāreṣ*?",
"grammar": {
"*ʾêy*": "interrogative adverb - where?",
"*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this",
"*ha-*": "definite article - the",
"*derekə*": "noun, masculine singular - way/path",
"*yēḥāleq*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is divided/distributed",
"*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light",
"*yāpēṣ*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it scatters",
"*qādîm*": "noun, masculine singular - east wind",
"*ʿălêy*": "preposition - upon/over",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land"
},
"variants": {
"*derekə*": "way/path/road",
"*yēḥāleq*": "it is divided/it is distributed/it is scattered",
"*ʾôr*": "light/daylight",
"*yāpēṣ*": "it scatters/it spreads",
"*qādîm*": "east wind/eastern wind",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground"
}
}
25 {
"verseID": "Job.38.25",
"source": "מִֽי־פִלַּ֣ג לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף תְּעָלָ֑ה וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃",
"text": "Who-*pillag* for-*šeṭep* *təʿālâ* and-*derekə* for-*ḥăzîz* *qōlôt*?",
"grammar": {
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*pillag*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he cleft/divided",
"*la*": "preposition - for/to",
"*šeṭep*": "noun, masculine singular - flood/flowing water",
"*təʿālâ*": "noun, feminine singular - channel/conduit",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*derekə*": "noun, masculine singular - way/path",
"*la*": "preposition - for/to",
"*ḥăzîz*": "noun, masculine singular - lightning",
"*qōlôt*": "noun, masculine plural - thunders/voices"
},
"variants": {
"*pillag*": "he cleft/he divided/he split",
"*šeṭep*": "flood/flowing water/torrent",
"*təʿālâ*": "channel/conduit/watercourse",
"*derekə*": "way/path/road",
"*ḥăzîz*": "lightning/thunderbolt",
"*qōlôt*": "thunders/voices/sounds"
}
}
26 {
"verseID": "Job.38.26",
"source": "לְ֭הַמְטִיר עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ לֹא־אִ֑ישׁ מִ֝דְבָּ֗ר לֹא־אָדָ֥ם בּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "To-*hamṭîr* upon-*ʾereṣ* no-*ʾîš* *midbār* no-*ʾādām* in-it.",
"grammar": {
"*lə*": "preposition - to/for",
"*hamṭîr*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to cause to rain",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/on",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - land/earth",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - no/not",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man",
"*midbār*": "noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - no/not",
"*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular - human/mankind",
"*bô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in it"
},
"variants": {
"*hamṭîr*": "to cause to rain/to send rain",
"*ʾereṣ*": "land/earth/ground",
"*ʾîš*": "man/person",
"*midbār*": "wilderness/desert/wasteland",
"*ʾādām*": "human/mankind/person"
}
}
27 {
"verseID": "Job.38.27",
"source": "לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָה וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃",
"text": "To-*haśbîaʿ* *šōʾâ* and-*məšōʾâ* and-to-*haṣmîaḥ* *mōṣāʾ* *dešeʾ*.",
"grammar": {
"*lə*": "preposition - to/for",
"*haśbîaʿ*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to satisfy/saturate",
"*šōʾâ*": "noun, feminine singular - desolation/waste",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*məšōʾâ*": "noun, feminine singular - devastation/ruin",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*lə*": "preposition - to/for",
"*haṣmîaḥ*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to cause to sprout/grow",
"*mōṣāʾ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - place of going forth",
"*dešeʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - grass/tender herb"
},
"variants": {
"*haśbîaʿ*": "to satisfy/to saturate/to fill",
"*šōʾâ*": "desolation/waste/devastation",
"*məšōʾâ*": "devastation/ruin/wasteland",
"*haṣmîaḥ*": "to cause to sprout/to cause to grow",
"*mōṣāʾ*": "place of going forth/sprouting place",
"*dešeʾ*": "grass/tender herb/vegetation"
}
}
28 {
"verseID": "Job.38.28",
"source": "הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָ֥ר אָ֑ב א֥וֹ מִי־ה֝וֹלִ֗יד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃",
"text": "?-Is-there-for-*māṭār* *ʾāb* or who-*hôlîd* *ʾeglê*-*ṭāl*?",
"grammar": {
"*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?",
"*yēš*": "existential particle - there is/exists",
"*la*": "preposition - for/to",
"*māṭār*": "noun, masculine singular - rain",
"*ʾāb*": "noun, masculine singular - father",
"*ʾô*": "conjunction - or",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*hôlîd*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he begot/brought forth",
"*ʾeglê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - drops of",
"*ṭāl*": "noun, masculine singular - dew"
},
"variants": {
"*māṭār*": "rain/rainfall",
"*ʾāb*": "father/ancestor/originator",
"*hôlîd*": "he begot/he brought forth/he fathered",
"*ʾeglê*": "drops/globules",
"*ṭāl*": "dew"
}
}
29 {
"verseID": "Job.38.29",
"source": "מִבֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַקָּ֑רַח וּכְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽוֹ׃",
"text": "From-*beṭen* who *yāṣāʾ* the-*qāraḥ* and-*kəpōr* *šāmayim* who *yəlādô*?",
"grammar": {
"*min*": "preposition - from",
"*beṭen*": "noun, feminine singular - womb/belly",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*yāṣāʾ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - came forth",
"*ha-*": "definite article - the",
"*qāraḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - ice/frost",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*kəpōr*": "noun, masculine singular construct - frost/hoar frost of",
"*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine dual - heavens/sky",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*yəlādô*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - begot it"
},
"variants": {
"*beṭen*": "womb/belly/inner parts",
"*yāṣāʾ*": "came forth/emerged/proceeded",
"*qāraḥ*": "ice/frost",
"*kəpōr*": "frost/hoar frost",
"*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky/atmosphere",
"*yəlādô*": "begot it/gave birth to it"
}
}
30 {
"verseID": "Job.38.30",
"source": "כָּ֭אֶבֶן מַ֣יִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ וּפְנֵ֥י תְ֝ה֗וֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃",
"text": "Like-*ʾeben* *mayim* *yitḥabbāʾû* and-*pənê* *təhôm* *yitlakkādû*.",
"grammar": {
"*kā*": "preposition - like/as",
"*ʾeben*": "noun, feminine singular - stone",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - waters",
"*yitḥabbāʾû*": "hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they hide themselves",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*pənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - face/surface of",
"*təhôm*": "noun, feminine singular - deep/abyss",
"*yitlakkādû*": "hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are frozen/captured"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾeben*": "stone/rock",
"*mayim*": "waters/water",
"*yitḥabbāʾû*": "they hide themselves/they conceal themselves",
"*pənê*": "face/surface/appearance",
"*təhôm*": "deep/abyss/depths",
"*yitlakkādû*": "they are frozen/they are captured/they are seized"
}
}
31 {
"verseID": "Job.38.31",
"source": "הַֽתְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת כִּימָ֑ה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃",
"text": "?-*təqaššēr* *maʿădannôt* *kîmâ* or-*mōškôt* *kəsîl* *təpattēaḥ*?",
"grammar": {
"*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?",
"*təqaššēr*": "piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you bind",
"*maʿădannôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - chains/bonds of",
"*kîmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - Pleiades (constellation)",
"*ʾô*": "conjunction - or",
"*mōškôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - cords/bands of",
"*kəsîl*": "noun, masculine singular - Orion (constellation)",
"*təpattēaḥ*": "piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you loosen"
},
"variants": {
"*təqaššēr*": "you bind/you tie/you fasten",
"*maʿădannôt*": "chains/bonds/fetters",
"*kîmâ*": "Pleiades (constellation)",
"*mōškôt*": "cords/bands/ropes",
"*kəsîl*": "Orion (constellation)",
"*təpattēaḥ*": "you loosen/you untie/you open"
}
}
32 {
"verseID": "Job.38.32",
"source": "הֲתֹצִ֣יא מַזָּר֣וֹת בְּעִתּ֑וֹ וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶ֥יהָ תַנְחֵֽם׃",
"text": "?-*tôṣîʾ* *mazzārôt* in-*ʿittô* and-*ʿayiš* over-*bāneyhā* *tanḥēm*?",
"grammar": {
"*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?",
"*tôṣîʾ*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you bring out",
"*mazzārôt*": "noun, feminine plural - constellations/zodiacal signs",
"*bə*": "preposition - in",
"*ʿittô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its time/season",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʿayiš*": "noun, masculine singular - Great Bear/Ursa Major (constellation)",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - over/upon",
"*bāneyhā*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her children/stars",
"*tanḥēm*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you guide/lead"
},
"variants": {
"*tôṣîʾ*": "you bring out/you lead forth",
"*mazzārôt*": "constellations/zodiacal signs",
"*ʿittô*": "its time/its season/its appointed time",
"*ʿayiš*": "Great Bear/Ursa Major (constellation)",
"*bāneyhā*": "her children/her offspring/her stars",
"*tanḥēm*": "you guide/you lead/you comfort"
}
}
33 {
"verseID": "Job.38.33",
"source": "הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ חֻקּ֣וֹת שָׁמָ֑יִם אִם־תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "?-*yādaʿtā* *ḥuqqôt* *šāmāyim* if-*tāśîm* *mišṭārô* in-*ʾāreṣ*?",
"grammar": {
"*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?",
"*yādaʿtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you know",
"*ḥuqqôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - ordinances/statutes of",
"*šāmāyim*": "noun, masculine dual - heavens/sky",
"*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if",
"*tāśîm*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you set/establish",
"*mišṭārô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its dominion/rule",
"*bā*": "preposition - in",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land"
},
"variants": {
"*yādaʿtā*": "you know/you understand",
"*ḥuqqôt*": "ordinances/statutes/laws",
"*šāmāyim*": "heavens/sky",
"*tāśîm*": "you set/you establish/you place",
"*mišṭārô*": "its dominion/its rule/its authority",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground"
}
}
34 {
"verseID": "Job.38.34",
"source": "הֲתָרִ֣ים לָעָ֣ב קוֹלֶ֑ךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃",
"text": "?-*tārîm* to-*ʿāb* *qôlekā* and-*šipʿat*-*mayim* *təkassekā*?",
"grammar": {
"*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?",
"*tārîm*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you lift up",
"*lā*": "preposition - to/toward",
"*ʿāb*": "noun, masculine singular - cloud/thick cloud",
"*qôlekā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your voice",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*šipʿat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - abundance of",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - waters",
"*təkassekā*": "piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - it covers you"
},
"variants": {
"*tārîm*": "you lift up/you raise",
"*ʿāb*": "cloud/thick cloud/dark cloud",
"*qôlekā*": "your voice/your sound",
"*šipʿat*": "abundance/overflow/flood",
"*mayim*": "waters/water",
"*təkassekā*": "it covers you/it overwhelms you"
}
}
35 {
"verseID": "Job.38.35",
"source": "הֽ͏ַתְשַׁלַּ֣ח בְּרָקִ֣ים וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ וְיֹאמְר֖וּ לְךָ֣ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃",
"text": "?-*təšallaḥ* *bərāqîm* and-*yēlēkû* and-*yōʾmərû* to-you *hinnēnû*?",
"grammar": {
"*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?",
"*təšallaḥ*": "piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you send",
"*bərāqîm*": "noun, masculine plural - lightnings",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*yēlēkû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they go",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*yōʾmərû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they say",
"*lə*": "preposition - to",
"*kā*": "2nd masculine singular suffix - you",
"*hinnēnû*": "interjection with 1st common plural suffix - here we are"
},
"variants": {
"*təšallaḥ*": "you send/you dispatch",
"*bərāqîm*": "lightnings/lightning bolts/flashes",
"*yēlēkû*": "they go/they proceed",
"*yōʾmərû*": "they say/they speak",
"*hinnēnû*": "here we are/behold us"
}
}
36 {
"verseID": "Job.38.36",
"source": "מִי־שָׁ֭ת בַּטֻּח֣וֹת חָכְמָ֑ה א֤וֹ מִֽי־נָתַ֖ן לַשֶּׂ֣כְוִי בִינָֽה׃",
"text": "Who-*šāt* in-*ṭuḥôt* *ḥokmâ* or who-*nātan* to-*śekwî* *bînâ*?",
"grammar": {
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*šāt*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - placed/put",
"*ba*": "preposition - in",
"*ṭuḥôt*": "noun, feminine plural - inward parts",
"*ḥokmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - wisdom",
"*ʾô*": "conjunction - or",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*nātan*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - gave",
"*la*": "preposition - to",
"*śekwî*": "noun, masculine singular - mind/rooster/celestial appearance",
"*bînâ*": "noun, feminine singular - understanding"
},
"variants": {
"*šāt*": "placed/put/set",
"*ṭuḥôt*": "inward parts/hidden parts/mind",
"*ḥokmâ*": "wisdom/skill",
"*nātan*": "gave/granted/bestowed",
"*śekwî*": "mind/rooster/celestial appearance",
"*bînâ*": "understanding/discernment/insight"
}
}
37 {
"verseID": "Job.38.37",
"source": "מִֽי־יְסַפֵּ֣ר שְׁחָקִ֣ים בְּחָכְמָ֑ה וְנִבְלֵ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם מִ֣י יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃",
"text": "Who-*yəsappēr* *šəḥāqîm* in-*ḥokmâ* and-*niblê* *šāmayim* who *yaškîb*?",
"grammar": {
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*yəsappēr*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - counts/numbers",
"*šəḥāqîm*": "noun, masculine plural - clouds/skies",
"*bə*": "preposition - in/with",
"*ḥokmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - wisdom",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*niblê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - water-skins/pitchers of",
"*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine dual - heavens/sky",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who?",
"*yaškîb*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - causes to lie down/pour out"
},
"variants": {
"*yəsappēr*": "counts/numbers/recounts",
"*šəḥāqîm*": "clouds/skies/heavens",
"*ḥokmâ*": "wisdom/skill",
"*niblê*": "water-skins/pitchers/bottles",
"*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky",
"*yaškîb*": "causes to lie down/pours out/tilts"
}
}