28{
"verseID": "Job.9.28",
"source": "יָגֹ֥רְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֥א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃",
"text": "*yāgōrtî* *kāl-ʿaṣṣəbōtāy* *yādaʿtî* *kî-lōʾ* *tənaqqēnî*",
"grammar": {
"*yāgōrtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I dread",
"*kāl-ʿaṣṣəbōtāy*": "masculine singular construct + feminine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - all my pains",
"*yādaʿtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I know",
"*kî-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - that not",
"*tənaqqēnî*": "piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you will hold me innocent"
},
"variants": {
"*yāgōrtî*": "to fear, dread, be afraid",
"*ʿaṣṣəbōtāy*": "pains, sorrows, hardships",
"*yādaʿtî*": "to know, understand, recognize",
"*tənaqqēnî*": "to acquit, hold innocent, clear"
}
}
29{
"verseID": "Job.9.29",
"source": "אָנֹכִ֥י אֶרְשָׁ֑ע לָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל אִיגָֽע׃",
"text": "*ʾānōkî* *ʾeršāʿ* *lāmmâ-zzeh* *hebel* *ʾîgāʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾānōkî*": "1st person singular independent pronoun - I",
"*ʾeršāʿ*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will be condemned",
"*lāmmâ-zzeh*": "interrogative + demonstrative pronoun - why then",
"*hebel*": "masculine singular noun - in vain",
"*ʾîgāʿ*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I labor"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾānōkî*": "I, myself",
"*ʾeršāʿ*": "to be condemned as guilty, be wicked",
"*lāmmâ-zzeh*": "why then, why this",
"*hebel*": "breath, vapor, vanity, emptiness",
"*ʾîgāʿ*": "to labor, toil, grow weary"
}
}
30{
"verseID": "Job.9.30",
"source": "אִם־הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי בְמֵי־שָׁ֑לֶג וַ֝הֲזִכּ֗וֹתִי בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפָּי׃",
"text": "*ʾim-hitrāḥaṣtî* *bə-mê-šāleg* *wa-hăzikkôtî* *bə-bōr* *kappāy*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾim-hitrāḥaṣtî*": "conditional particle + hithpael perfect 1st person singular - if I wash myself",
"*bə-mê-šāleg*": "preposition + masculine plural construct noun + masculine singular noun - with snow water",
"*wa-hăzikkôtî*": "conjunction + hiphil perfect 1st person singular - and I cleanse",
"*bə-bōr*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - with lye/soap",
"*kappāy*": "feminine dual noun + 1st person singular suffix - my hands/palms"
},
"variants": {
"*hitrāḥaṣtî*": "to wash oneself, bathe, cleanse",
"*mê-šāleg*": "snow water, water of snow",
"*hăzikkôtî*": "to cleanse, make clean, purify",
"*bōr*": "lye, soap, cleansing agent",
"*kappāy*": "palms, hands"
}
}
31{
"verseID": "Job.9.31",
"source": "אָ֭ז בַּשַּׁ֣חַת תִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִי וְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִי שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃",
"text": "*ʾāz* *ba-ššaḥat* *tiṭbəlēnî* *wə-tiʿăbûnî* *śalmôtāy*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾāz*": "adverb - then",
"*ba-ššaḥat*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - in the pit",
"*tiṭbəlēnî*": "qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you plunge me",
"*wə-tiʿăbûnî*": "conjunction + piel perfect 3rd common plural + 1st person singular suffix - and they abhor me",
"*śalmôtāy*": "feminine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - my clothes"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāz*": "then, at that time",
"*šaḥat*": "pit, ditch, grave",
"*tiṭbəlēnî*": "to dip, plunge, immerse",
"*tiʿăbûnî*": "to abhor, detest, loathe",
"*śalmôtāy*": "clothes, garments, raiment"
}
}