וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ (ū·lə·na·ḥă·mōw) in Job 2:11: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ (ū·lə·na·ḥă·mōw) in Job 2:11
Source Word
Job 2:11 row 25 aligns the prefixed H5162 infinitive with and comfort him at the close of the friends' coordinated travel purpose.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
And comfort him records the visit's humane intention while leaving the narrative to test whether that intention is fulfilled. And reflects the waw, to comfort expresses the lamed-governed purpose, and him renders the suffix referring to Job.
How To Communicate It
Trace the lamed purpose through go, sympathize, and comfort, mark Job as the suffix recipient, then follow the narrative before evaluating the friends' ministry.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not use an honorable stated purpose to validate the friends' later theology or assume that intention guarantees pastoral effectiveness.
- The infinitive states purpose rather than the accomplished result of the visit.
- The form does not certify that their later speeches comfort Job, endorse their counsel, or erase the value of their initial silent presence.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Piel
Inf
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Waw conjunction, lamed preposition
Third person masculine singular
The waw and lamed coordinate this Piel infinitive with the friends' purpose to go, sympathize, and comfort, while the attached third-person masculine singular suffix identifies Job as the intended recipient.
The infinitive names comfort as one purpose of the friends' visit and keeps Job, not the adversity itself, as the suffix-marked recipient.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The coordinated travel purpose formed when Job's three friends hear of his adversity and meet together
The narrative statement that they came to sympathize with Job and comfort him
The infinitive names comfort as one purpose of the friends' visit and keeps Job, not the adversity itself, as the suffix-marked recipient.
The form does not certify that their later speeches comfort Job, endorse their counsel, or erase the value of their initial silent presence.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form establishes comfort as the friends' initial aim and creates a standard against which the dialogue can be read.
The waw and lamed coordinate this Piel infinitive with the friends' purpose to go, sympathize, and comfort, while the attached third-person masculine singular suffix identifies Job as the intended recipient.. The infinitive names comfort as one purpose of the friends' visit and keeps Job, not the adversity itself, as the suffix-marked recipient.. Attached to the coordinated travel purpose formed when Job's three friends hear of his adversity and meet together. Governed by the narrative statement that they came to sympathize with Job and comfort him. The form does not certify that their later speeches comfort Job, endorse their counsel, or erase the value of their initial silent presence.
What does and comfort him tell us about the friends' visit in Job 2:11? It identifies comforting Job as one stated purpose of their journey, without judging the success of their later words.
Direct: And reflects the waw, to comfort expresses the lamed-governed purpose, and him renders the suffix referring to Job.
The infinitive states purpose rather than the accomplished result of the visit. The suffix refers to Job, while the three friends supply the plural actors from the sentence.
Conj-w, Prep-l | V-Piel-Inf | 3ms at Job 2:11 treated as the whole interpretation: Do not use an honorable stated purpose to validate the friends' later theology or assume that intention guarantees pastoral effectiveness. the friends' stated purpose treated as proof that everything they later say is wise or comforting: Keep "and comfort him" connected to וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃, row 25, and the full Job 2:11 clause.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
Job 2:11 row 25 aligns the prefixed H5162 infinitive with and comfort him at the close of the friends' coordinated travel purpose.
This row 25 H5162 witness names intended comfort from Job's friends, distinct from the rod and staff comforting the psalmist in Psalm 23:4.
The waw and lamed coordinate this Piel infinitive with the friends' purpose to go, sympathize, and comfort, while the attached third-person masculine singular suffix identifies Job as the intended recipient.
Job 2:11 introduces three friends who respond to Job's calamity by coming together to share his grief and offer comfort before the long dialogue begins.
The book later exposes severe failures in the friends' reasoning; this stated purpose should be read alongside both their seven-day silence and the Lord's final correction.
Trace the lamed purpose through go, sympathize, and comfort, mark Job as the suffix recipient, then follow the narrative before evaluating the friends' ministry.
Do not use an honorable stated purpose to validate the friends' later theology or assume that intention guarantees pastoral effectiveness.