Job 16:2 שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי “ I have heard šā·ma‘·tî רַבּ֑וֹת many rab·bō·wṯ כְאֵ֣לֶּה things like these ; ḵə·’êl·leh עָמָ֣ל miserable ‘ā·māl מְנַחֲמֵ֖י comforters mə·na·ḥă·mê כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃ are you all . kul·lə·ḵem Job 16:3 הֲקֵ֥ץ Is there no end hă·qêṣ ר֑וּחַ to your long-winded rū·aḥ א֥וֹ . . . ’ōw לְדִבְרֵי־ speeches ? lə·ḏiḇ·rê- מַה־ What mah- יַּ֝מְרִֽיצְךָ֗ provokes you yam·rî·ṣə·ḵā כִּ֣י to kî תַעֲנֶֽה׃ continue testifying ? ṯa·‘ă·neh Job 16:4 אָנֹכִי֮ I ’ā·nō·ḵî גַּ֤ם׀ could also gam אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה speak ’ă·ḏab·bê·rāh כָּכֶ֪ם like you kā·ḵem ל֤וּ־ if lū- נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם you nap̄·šə·ḵem יֵ֪שׁ were yêš נַפְשִׁ֗י in my nap̄·šî תַּ֤חַת place ; ta·ḥaṯ אַחְבִּ֣ירָה I could heap up ’aḥ·bî·rāh בְּמִלִּ֑ים words bə·mil·lîm עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם against you ‘ă·lê·ḵem וְאָנִ֥יעָה and shake wə·’ā·nî·‘āh רֹאשִֽׁי׃ my head rō·šî עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם at you . ‘ă·lê·ḵem בְּמ֣וֹ . . . bə·mōw Job 16:5 אֲאַמִּצְכֶ֥ם But I would encourage you ’ă·’am·miṣ·ḵem בְּמוֹ־ with bə·mōw- פִ֑י my mouth , p̄î וְנִ֖יד and the consolation wə·nîḏ שְׂפָתַ֣י of my lips śə·p̄ā·ṯay יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃ would bring relief . yaḥ·śōḵ Job 16:6 אִֽם־ Even if ’im- אֲ֭דַבְּרָה I speak , ’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh כְּאֵבִ֑י my pain kə·’ê·ḇî לֹא־ is not lō- יֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְ relieved , yê·ḥā·śêḵ וְ֝אַחְדְּלָ֗ה and if I hold back , wə·’aḥ·də·lāh מַה־ how mah- מִנִּ֥י min·nî יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃ will it go away ? ya·hă·lōḵ Job 16:7 אַךְ־ Surely ’aḵ- עַתָּ֥ה He has now ‘at·tāh הֶלְאָ֑נִי exhausted me ; hel·’ā·nî הֲ֝שִׁמּ֗וֹתָ You have devastated hă·šim·mō·w·ṯā כָּל־ all kāl- עֲדָתִֽי׃ my family . ‘ă·ḏā·ṯî Job 16:8 וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי You have bound me , wat·tiq·mə·ṭê·nî הָיָ֑ה [and] it has become hā·yāh לְעֵ֣ד a witness ; lə·‘êḏ כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗י my frailty ḵa·ḥă·šî וַיָּ֥קָם rises up way·yā·qām בִּ֥י - bî יַעֲנֶֽה׃ and testifies ya·‘ă·neh בְּפָנַ֥י against me . bə·p̄ā·nay Job 16:9 אַפּ֤וֹ His anger ’ap·pōw טָרַ֨ף׀ has torn me ṭā·rap̄ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֵ֗נִי and opposed me ; way·yiś·ṭə·mê·nî חָרַ֣ק He gnashes ḥā·raq בְּשִׁנָּ֑יו His teeth bə·šin·nāw עָלַ֣י at me . ‘ā·lay צָרִ֓י׀ My adversary ṣā·rî יִלְט֖וֹשׁ pierces yil·ṭō·wōš לִֽי׃ me lî עֵינָ֣יו with His eyes . ‘ê·nāw Job 16:10 פָּעֲר֬וּ They open pā·‘ă·rū בְּפִיהֶ֗ם their mouths bə·p̄î·hem עָלַ֨י׀ against me ‘ā·lay הִכּ֣וּ and strike hik·kū לְחָיָ֑י my cheeks lə·ḥā·yāy בְּ֭חֶרְפָּה with contempt ; bə·ḥer·pāh

