עִמָּדִ֑י within me , ‘im·mā·ḏî וְ֝קַשְׁתִּ֗י and my bow wə·qaš·tî תַחֲלִֽיף׃ is renewed ṯa·ḥă·lîp̄ בְּיָדִ֥י in my hand . ’ bə·yā·ḏî Job 29:21 שָׁמְע֥וּ Men listened šā·mə·‘ū לִֽי־ to me lî- וְיִחֵ֑לּוּ with expectation , wə·yi·ḥêl·lū וְ֝יִדְּמ֗וּ waiting silently wə·yid·də·mū לְמ֣וֹ for lə·mōw עֲצָתִֽי׃ my counsel . ‘ă·ṣā·ṯî Job 29:22 אַחֲרֵ֣י After ’a·ḥă·rê דְ֭בָרִי my words , ḏə·ḇā·rî יִשְׁנ֑וּ they spoke yiš·nū לֹ֣א no more ; lō מִלָּתִֽי׃ my speech mil·lā·ṯî תִּטֹּ֥ף settled tiṭ·ṭōp̄ וְ֝עָלֵ֗ימוֹ on them like dew . wə·‘ā·lê·mōw Job 29:23 וְיִֽחֲל֣וּ They waited wə·yi·ḥă·lū כַמָּטָ֣ר for me as for rain ḵam·mā·ṭār לִ֑י lî פָּעֲר֥וּ and drank in my words pā·‘ă·rū וּ֝פִיהֶ֗ם . . . ū·p̄î·hem לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃ like spring showers . lə·mal·qō·wōš Job 29:24 אֶשְׂחַ֣ק If I smiled ’eś·ḥaq אֲ֭לֵהֶם at them , ’ă·lê·hem לֹ֣א they did not lō יַאֲמִ֑ינוּ believe it ; ya·’ă·mî·nū וְא֥וֹר the light wə·’ō·wr פָּ֝נַ֗י of my countenance pā·nay לֹ֣א vvv lō יַפִּילֽוּן׃ was precious . yap·pî·lūn Job 29:25 אֶֽבֲחַ֣ר I chose ’e·ḇă·ḥar דַּרְכָּם֮ their course dar·kām וְאֵשֵׁ֪ב and presided wə·’ê·šêḇ רֹ֥אשׁ as chief . rōš וְ֭אֶשְׁכּוֹן So I dwelt wə·’eš·kō·wn כְּמֶ֣לֶךְ as a king kə·me·leḵ בַּגְּד֑וּד among his troops , bag·gə·ḏūḏ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר as a comforter ka·’ă·šer יְנַחֵֽם׃ . . . yə·na·ḥêm אֲבֵלִ֣ים of the mourners . [’’] ’ă·ḇê·lîm Job 30:1 וְעַתָּ֤ה׀ [“] But now wə·‘at·tāh שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ they mock me śā·ḥă·qū עָלַי֮ . . . , ‘ā·lay צְעִירִ֥ים men younger ṣə·‘î·rîm מִמֶּ֗נִּי than I am , mim·men·nî לְיָ֫מִ֥ים . . . lə·yā·mîm אֲשֶׁר־ whose ’ă·šer- אֲבוֹתָ֑ם fathers ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām מָאַ֥סְתִּי I would have refused mā·’as·tî לָ֝שִׁ֗ית to entrust lā·šîṯ עִם־ with ‘im- צֹאנִֽי׃ my sheep ṣō·nî כַּלְבֵ֥י dogs . kal·ḇê Job 30:2 גַּם־ - gam- לָ֣מָּה What use lām·māh לִּ֑י to me lî עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ . . . ‘ā·lê·mōw כֹּ֣חַ was the strength kō·aḥ יְ֭דֵיהֶם of their hands , yə·ḏê·hem כָּֽלַח׃ since their vigor kā·laḥ אָ֣בַד had left them ? ’ā·ḇaḏ Job 30:3 גַּ֫לְמ֥וּד Gaunt gal·mūḏ בְּחֶ֥סֶר from poverty bə·ḥe·ser וּבְכָפָ֗ן and hunger , ū·ḇə·ḵā·p̄ān הַֽעֹרְקִ֥ים they gnawed ha·‘ō·rə·qîm צִיָּ֑ה the dry land , ṣî·yāh שׁוֹאָ֥ה and the desolate šō·w·’āh וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃ wasteland ū·mə·šō·’āh אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ by night . ’e·meš Job 30:4 הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים They plucked haq·qō·ṭə·p̄îm מַלּ֣וּחַ mallow mal·lū·aḥ עֲלֵי־ among ‘ă·lê-

