Job 37:6-9 : 6 {
"verseID": "Job.37.6",
"source": "כִּ֤י לַשֶּׁ֨לַג ׀ יֹאמַ֗ר הֱוֵ֫א אָ֥רֶץ וְגֶ֥שֶׁם מָטָ֑ר וְ֝גֶ֗שֶׁם מִטְר֥וֹת עֻזּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*kî laš-šeleg yōʾmar hĕwēʾ ʾāreṣ wə-gešem māṭār wə-gešem miṭrôt ʿuzzô*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*laš-šeleg*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the snow",
"*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he says",
"*hĕwēʾ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - be/fall",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land",
"*wə-gešem*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and shower/rain",
"*māṭār*": "noun, masculine singular - rain",
"*wə-gešem*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and shower/rain",
"*miṭrôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - rains of",
"*ʿuzzô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his strength"
},
"variants": {
"*kî*": "for/because/when",
"*hĕwēʾ*": "be/fall/happen",
"*gešem*": "shower/rain/downpour",
"*māṭār*": "rain/precipitation",
"*miṭrôt*": "rains/downpours/showers",
"*ʿuzzô*": "his strength/his might/his power"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Job.37.7",
"source": "בְּיַד־כָּל־אָדָ֥ם יַחְתּ֑וֹם לָ֝דַ֗עַת כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃",
"text": "*bə-yad-kol-ʾādām yaḥtôm lā-daʿat kol-ʾanšê maʿăśêhû*",
"grammar": {
"*bə-yad*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in/by hand of",
"*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of/every",
"*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mankind/human",
"*yaḥtôm*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he seals/shuts up",
"*lā-daʿat*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to know/so that may know",
"*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all of",
"*ʾanšê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - men of",
"*maʿăśêhû*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his work/deed"
},
"variants": {
"*yaḥtôm*": "seals/shuts up/puts a stop to/restricts",
"*lā-daʿat*": "to know/to recognize/to acknowledge",
"*ʾanšê*": "men/people/persons/workers",
"*maʿăśêhû*": "his work/his deed/his action/his making"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Job.37.8",
"source": "וַתָּבֹ֣א חַיָּ֣ה בְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶב וּבִמְע֖וֹנֹתֶ֣יהָ תִשְׁכֹּֽן׃",
"text": "*wat-tābōʾ ḥayyāh bəmô-ʾāreb û-bim-ʿônōtêhā tiškōn*",
"grammar": {
"*wat-tābōʾ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she enters/comes",
"*ḥayyāh*": "noun, feminine singular - animal/beast/living thing",
"*bəmô*": "preposition - into",
"*ʾāreb*": "noun, masculine singular - lair/den/covert",
"*û-bim-ʿônōtêhā*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - and in her dens/lairs",
"*tiškōn*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - she dwells/stays/remains"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥayyāh*": "animal/beast/living creature/wildlife",
"*ʾāreb*": "lair/den/hiding place/covert",
"*ʿônōtêhā*": "dens/lairs/dwelling places",
"*tiškōn*": "dwells/stays/remains/abides"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Job.37.9",
"source": "מִן־הַ֭חֶדֶר תָּב֣וֹא סוּפָ֑ה וּֽמִמְּזָרִ֥ים קָרָֽה׃",
"text": "*min-ha-ḥeder tābôʾ sûpāh û-mim-məzārîm qārāh*",
"grammar": {
"*min*": "preposition - from",
"*ha-ḥeder*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the chamber/room/inner place",
"*tābôʾ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - comes",
"*sûpāh*": "noun, feminine singular - storm/whirlwind",
"*û-mim-məzārîm*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural - and from scattering winds/north winds",
"*qārāh*": "noun, feminine singular - cold"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥeder*": "chamber/room/inner place/south",
"*sûpāh*": "storm/whirlwind/tempest/hurricane",
"*məzārîm*": "scattering winds/north winds/northern stars",
"*qārāh*": "cold/ice/frost"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Job.37.10",
"source": "מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח וְרֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם בְּמוּצָֽק׃",
"text": "*min-nišmat-ʾēl yitten-qāraḥ wə-rōḥab mayim bə-mûṣāq*",
"grammar": {
"*min-nišmat*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from breath of",
"*ʾēl*": "noun, masculine singular - God",
"*yitten*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - gives/produces",
"*qāraḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - ice/frost",
"*wə-rōḥab*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and expanse/breadth of",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - waters",
"*bə-mûṣāq*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in constriction/restraint/narrows"
},
"variants": {
"*nišmat*": "breath/blast/spirit",
"*ʾēl*": "God/Mighty One",
"*qāraḥ*": "ice/frost",
"*rōḥab*": "expanse/breadth/width",
"*bə-mûṣāq*": "in constriction/in restraint/in constraint/solid form"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Job.37.11",
"source": "אַף־בְּ֭רִי יַטְרִ֣יחַ עָ֑ב יָ֝פִ֗יץ עֲנַ֣ן אוֹרֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*ʾaf-bərî yaṭrîaḥ ʿāb yāpîṣ ʿănan ʾôrô*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾaf*": "conjunction/particle - also/moreover/indeed",
"*bərî*": "noun, masculine singular - clearness/fair weather/moisture/fatness",
"*yaṭrîaḥ*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - loads/burdens/wearies",
"*ʿāb*": "noun, masculine singular - cloud/thick cloud",
"*yāpîṣ*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - scatters/disperses",
"*ʿănan*": "noun, masculine singular construct - cloud of",
"*ʾôrô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his light"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾaf*": "also/moreover/indeed/even",
"*bərî*": "clearness/moisture/fair weather/fatness/saturation",
"*yaṭrîaḥ*": "loads/burdens/wearies/weighs down",
"*yāpîṣ*": "scatters/disperses/spreads out",
"*ʿănan*": "cloud/dark cloud"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Job.37.12",
"source": "וְה֤וּא מְסִבּ֨וֹת ׀ מִתְהַפֵּ֣ךְ *בתחבולתו **בְּתַחְבּוּלֹתָ֣יו לְפָעֳלָ֑ם כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְצַוֵּ֓ם ׀ עַל־פְּנֵ֖י תֵבֵ֣ל אָֽרְצָה׃",
"text": "*wə-hûʾ məsibbôt miṯhappēk bə-taḥbûlōṯāyw lə-pāʿŏlām kōl ʾăšer yəṣawwēm ʿal-pənê tēbēl ʾārṣāh*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-hûʾ*": "conjunction + personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - and it",
"*məsibbôt*": "noun, feminine plural - turning round/circuits/circuits",
"*miṯhappēk*": "hithpael participle, masculine singular - turning itself/rotating",
"*bə-taḥbûlōṯāyw*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - by his guidance/direction/steerings",
"*lə-pāʿŏlām*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - for their doing/work",
"*kōl*": "noun, masculine singular - all/everything",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - that/which",
"*yəṣawwēm*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - he commands them",
"*ʿal-pənê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - upon the face of",
"*tēbēl*": "noun, feminine singular - world/inhabited land",
"*ʾārṣāh*": "noun, feminine singular, with directional heh - earthward/to the earth"
},
"variants": {
"*məsibbôt*": "turning round/circuits/revolutions/roundabout ways",
"*miṯhappēk*": "turning itself/rotating/turning this way and that",
"*taḥbûlōṯāyw*": "his guidance/his directions/his steering/his plans",
"*yəṣawwēm*": "commands them/orders them/instructs them",
"*tēbēl*": "world/inhabited part/habitable earth"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Job.37.13",
"source": "אִם־לְשֵׁ֥בֶט אִם־לְאַרְצ֑וֹ אִם־לְ֝חֶ֗סֶד יַמְצִאֵֽהוּ׃",
"text": "*ʾim-lə-šēbeṭ ʾim-lə-ʾarṣô ʾim-lə-ḥesed yamṣiʾēhû*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if/whether",
"*lə-šēbeṭ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - for rod/punishment/tribe",
"*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if/whether/or",
"*lə-ʾarṣô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - for his land",
"*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if/whether/or",
"*lə-ḥesed*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - for lovingkindness/mercy",
"*yamṣiʾēhû*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - he causes it to find/come"
},
"variants": {
"*šēbeṭ*": "rod/punishment/tribe/correction",
"*ḥesed*": "lovingkindness/mercy/steadfast love/covenant faithfulness",
"*yamṣiʾēhû*": "causes it to find/brings it/makes it happen"
}
}