Job 13:13 — ExegesisTAB

The verse opens with a direct command, hacharishu {הַחֲרִ֣ישׁוּ | haḥărîšû} ‘be silent,’ setting a confrontational courtroom-like tone in which Job demands the floor. The prepositional phrase mimmenni {מִ֭מֶּנִּי | mimmennî} ‘from me’ functions adverbially to mark separation—his hearers are to withdraw their pressure and interruption. The cohortative waʾădabberāh {וַאֲדַבְּרָה | waʾădabberāh} expresses volition (“let me speak / I will speak”), and the attached independent pronoun ʾānî {אָ֑נִי | ʾānî}, bound by maqqef, adds emphatic self-reference (“I myself”), heightening the personal resolve. The final clause uses wəyaʿăḇōr {וְיַעֲבֹ֖ר | wəyaʿăḇōr} as a jussive-like imperfect (“let it pass/come”) with the prepositional complement ʿālay {עָלַ֣י | ʿālay} ‘upon me,’ portraying consequences as something that can “move over” Job. The closing māh {מָֽה | māh} ‘whatever’ is left open-ended, yielding a concessive sense: Job accepts unknown outcomes as the price of speaking. In English, imperatives (“Be silent”) followed by permissive/jussive renderings (“let…”) best preserve the step-by-step force of the Hebrew coordination.