| 22. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the interrogative lammah {לָ֭מָּה | lām·māh} ‘why’, introducing a rhetorical challenge. The verb tirdfuni {תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִי | tirdəp̄unî} ‘you pursue me’ casts the interlocutors as hostile agents acting against Job. The comparative kemo-el {כְמוֹ־אֵ֑ל | kəmô-ʾēl} ‘as God’ intensifies the reproach by attributing divine prerogative to their actions. The conjunction vav and fronted umibsari {וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י | ûmibbəśārî} ‘and from my flesh’ highlight the personal scope of suffering before the negative lo {לֹ֣א | lōʾ} ‘not’ combines with the imperfect tishbau {תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ | tiśbəʿû} ‘you are satisfied’ to convey unending voracity. The Hebrew structure of two linked questions preserves the escalating charge: divine comparison followed by an accusation of insatiability. |