Job 14:10 — ExegesisTAB

The verse presents two parallel cola joined by coordination, moving from statement to question. The opening clause uses vegever {וְגֶ֣בֶר | wə-ḡeḇe r} with yamut {יָ֭מוּת | yā-mûṯ} to assert the inevitability of death. This is followed by a tight sequence of wayyiqtol forms, vayyechelash {וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ | way-yə-ḥĕ-lāš} and vayigva {וַיִּגְוַ֖ע | way-yig-waʿ}, which portray death as a process: collapse into weakness and then the final cessation of life. The repetition of “man” terms (gever and adam {אָדָ֣ם | ʾā-ḏām}) functions as poetic variation, stressing that both the “strong man” and humanity in general meet the same end. The line closes with ve’ayo {וְאַיּֽוֹ | wə-ʾay-yô}, a rhetorical question that heightens the sense of absence; it can be heard as “where is he?” (location/availability) and, by implication, “he is gone.” English keeps the forward movement (death → weakening → expiration) and preserves the final interrogative to match the verse’s emphatic, searching finish.